nIn yet another step to prevent its personnel, officers and their families from Covid-19, the Delhi Police Commissioner, SN Shrivastava, has set up 'Covid Welfare Cell' across the 15 districts in National Capital.

According to Anil Mittal, the Additional Public Relation Officer (APRO), Delhi Police, a good practice initiated in one of the district of setting up a Covid Welfare Cell has been replicated in all the 15 districts of Delhi Police for a standardized and effective mechanism  in order to ensure a positive feeling of being looked after well by all police families whose members are exposed to risk of infection during performance of duty at Covid Hospitals, Covid Care Centres, Quarantine Facilities and Containment Zones apart from regular policing of investigation and patrolling.

"So far more than 25,000 families have been contacted and it is being done on regular basis for reaching out to each family. A Welfare Cell under the direct supervision DCP office has been created for reaching out to all the police families of the personnel who are posted in the districts. The families members are being contacted on telephone to share with them all the preventive steps being taken by the organization for the safety of their family members," said Mittal.

"Their concerns and issues which need intervention are being addressed on regular basis so that there is no fear of corona pandemic and instead each and everyone in the police family is provided with correct information and positive steps to create positive energy in their personal lives," said Mittal.

"Delhi Police is fulfilling its responsibility in ensuring that all men and women in Delhi Police and their families are emotionally stable and professional competent as corona warriors," he added.