In a major respite for "stressed out" policemen in Uttar Pradesh, the state government has allowed one-day off to policemen on duty for 10 consecutive days.
"Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav yesterday decided to give one day off to policemen performing 10 days of duty," an official release issued here said.
Earlier, policemen in Uttar Pradesh had no weekly or fixed offs. They had to apply for leaves that were subject to approval by higher authorities, police officials said.
The decision was taken as long duties without offs was causing stress among police personnel and they also could not perform family, social and personal duties, the release added.
About its use and how it will be helpful for the common
man, Agarwal said the data will enable police control room to identify the caller's location and nearest point from where a police team could be rushed to him.
"Many times it is seen that caller cannot describe his location while facing a distress situation. These geo data will help locating them", Agarwal said.
With this data, police has also done "geo fencing" of police stations that will help in defining the jurisdiction as "digital boundary" has been created, he said, adding that the data will be used in the UP Dial-100 service that is to be launched next month.
With 400 communication officers to receive distress calls from all over the state and 200 dispatch officers to rush police help, Uttar Pradesh Police is all set to get the country's largest centralised 'Dial 100' police control call center for the entire state in Lucknow.
The work is going on in 7 acres of prime land along Shaheed Path for the call center and the process for procurement of 2,000 four-wheelers and 4,000 two-wheelers have already begun.
These vehicles will be deployed across the state in addition to the district police force, to reach the site of any emergency within 20 minutes of the call being made to the police control room.
