After making arrangements of staying away from home for 2100 police personnel to avoid spreading infection to their family members ASP Zone 4 Dinesh Kaushal took stock of arrangements of stay and food at places engaged for 1200 police personnel of district police and discussed issues faced by police personnel who are staying at these facilities on Thursday.
All police stations are being alerted and social distance is also compulsorily being followed by duty-bound employees in police stations and police forces engaged in checking at various places.
Taking precautionary step for containing Coronavirus infection police force deployed in the field senior police officers have taken decision for arrangement of shelter and food for around 1200 police personnel deployed in the state capital in hotels and lodges to protect their families from Coronavirus infection.
At present 4000 personnel including Special Armed Forces are deployed in the state capital to fight Coronavirus pandemic and to stop spreading infection to the families of the police personnel.
Bhopal IG Upendra Jain has alerted all police stations to follow orders as the number of infected police personnel remains unclear and every policeman should maintain social distancing without fail.
Superintendent of Police HQ Dharamveer Yadav said that 1200 police personnel of district police from all police stations and traffic police station would be provided with stay and food at hotels and lodges so that any infection from them would not transmit to their family members.
The reserve force police personnel are already staying at bunkers which was precautionary step to contain Coronavirus infection spreading in their families.
Under the arrangement 21 hotels, two marriage halls and one lodge has been booked for these police personnel.
The police personnel would stay in these places and would not return to their houses and meet family members which is meant for their safety.In the past four days 7 police personnel and one CSP has been tested positive for Coronavirus after which the police department started to screen all staffs posted at their respective police stations and outposts.
