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‘Tourist police’ for smooth conduct of summer festival
- | Thursday | 19th April, 2018
Attitudinal change“In 2016, we estimate that around 35 lakh tourists visited the Nilgiris, while in 2017, it was a lot more. More than 250 police personnel received training from the District Superintendent of Police as well as local citizens, as the police instituted the first iteration of the “tourist police” anywhere in India in Udhagamandalam on Tuesday. Shobana Chandrasekar from the Make Ooty Beautiful (MOB) project, who was one of the special guests invited to attend the event, told policemen to assist tourists and be friendly, but at the same time, asked them to be firm with people who break rules, litter and disturb wildlife. Also present at the event was Nagina Reddy, from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Venugopal Dharmalingam, from the Nilgiri Documentation Center, ADSP, Nilgiris, Baskaran, and Ooty Town DSP, S Thirumeni. Next monthOfficials said that the personnel , drawn from the local and traffic police as well as personnel from the Home Guards, are to be trained to assist the huge number of tourists, who will be visiting the Nilgiris from the beginning of next month during the summer season.
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