In a swift move, Madurai City Police nabbed three robbers and recovered a six-sovereign gold chain within hours after they had robbed a staff nurse in the city in the dead of Monday night. The police
Police to crack the whip to prevent crowding
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‘People shop every day for fresh vegetables, which is not safe’
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‘People shop every day for fresh vegetables, which is not safe’
With crowding of people reported in certain pockets of Madurai in the morning hours, the City Police have warned of stringent action against those flouting lockdown norms from Saturday.
“Unlike last year, this lockdown comes with lot of exemptions,” a senior police officer said. People are allowed to move till 12 noon for shopping of essential goods. Similarly, vegetable and groceries shops are open till then. “Hotels are opened in three time slots which attract lot of take-away buyers. With more patients in hospitals, their attendants had to travel,” he said.
Police strength to be beefed up to enforce night curfew
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Cargo vehicles will be allowed for loading and unloading
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Madurai City police will deploy additional police force to implement night curfew from Tuesday.
Though all kinds of passenger vehicle movement will be curtailed, except for those who get special permission, cargo vehicles will be allowed throughout the night as movement of essential commodities is permitted. “We will post additional police personnel in all important junctions and all officers will be on duty till 10 p.m. to prevent gathering of people for any social activity,” said Commissioner of Police Prem Anand Sinha.
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‘Violation of road rules causes more accidents’
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The city police, in association with RTO offices, organised an awareness rally as part of a national road safety month in Madurai on Monday. | Photo Credit:
R. Ashok More number of two-wheelers on roads and lack of a culture to follow road rules were causing more road accidents in India, said Commissioner of Police Prem Anand Sinha.
Speaking at the inaugural function of 32nd National Road Safety Month here on Monday, Mr. Sinha said that Tokyo had more pedestrians than two-wheelers and Australia had the culture of giving first right to the pedestrians crossing a road.