Police tighten lockdown measures in Salem
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Police conducting vehicle checks on Five Roads junction in Salem on Tuesday.
The police have tightened the lockdown measures here to contain the spread of COVID-19. Among the measures is strict checking for e-registration by those who are found travelling.
The Salem City Police have set up additional check posts, apart from the existing ones on the city’s borders, to permit only those with e-registration.
City Police Commissioner Santosh Kumar said, “There are six border check posts and strict checking is being carried out at these places. Additional check posts have been set up on the highways to Attur and Coimbatore, and all vehicles passing through these points are asked for e-registration passes. Persons without passes are discouraged from travelling further and they are asked to return. Persons who belong to essential services are allowed to travel after checking their identity cards”.
Coronavirus | Buses, taxis and autorickshaws stay off roads in districts
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Though the movement of two-wheelers and four-wheelers seemed normal until noon, only a few vehicles were seen on the roads in the afternoon.
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Vehicle movement was less on the busy Mettur Road in Erode on Monday.
Though the movement of two-wheelers and four-wheelers seemed normal until noon, only a few vehicles were seen on the roads in the afternoon.
With the two-week complete lockdown coming into effect from Monday, buses, taxis and autorickshaws stayed off the road in the districts on the day.
The Salem Corporation operated two buses to transport the civic body workers. The markets as usual witnessed heavy crowd in the early hours of the day. Though the movement of two-wheelers and four-wheelers seemed normal until noon, only a few vehicles were seen on the roads in the afternoon. Hotels and eateries operated only for providing takeaways an
Close to 2,000 police personnel to be deployed in Salem
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All precautionary measures have been taken at the counting centres, say officials
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All precautionary measures have been taken at the counting centres, say officials
Close to 2,000 police personnel will be deployed for security purposes on counting day in Salem and police personnel conducted final drill at the counting centres on Saturday.
There are four counting centres in Salem district, at Karuppur, Ammapet, Thalaivasal and Sankari. While Ammapet and Karuppur centres will be under the surveillance of Salem City police, Thalaivasal and Sankari centre will be monitored by the Salem district police.
700 police personnel to be deployed for counting
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As many as 700 personnel, including Central Armed Police Forces, will be deployed at counting centres in Salem rural limits on counting day.
Superintendent of Police S. Deepa Ganiger said that there are two counting centres in Salem rural limits, at Sankari and Thalaivasal. The counting centres for Gengavalli and Thalaivasal have been set up in a private college at Thalaivasal and centres for Edappadi and Sankari have been set up at a private college in Sankari.
Dr. Ganiger said that personnel from Central Industrial Security Force and Border Security Force have been deployed at both the centres along with Salem district police personnel.
Salem District Police publish details of night patrol officers
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The Salem District Police involved in night patrolling.
The Salem District Police have started publishing details of night patrol officers in rural limits as part of crime prevention efforts and help the public contact respective officers directly.
The district police have started publishing the details on its social media handles in twitter and Facebook. There are six sub-divisions under the Salem Rural Police - Salem rural, Sankari, Attur, Mettur, Omalur and Vazhapadi - and details of in-charge of patrol officers and their mobile phone numbers are published.