Reportedly police patrol vehicles in Chennai received a new addition of pink colored toyota Innova cars as Tamilnadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami launched women and children-friendly patrol service in the city. Meanwhile the launch of new patrol vehicles was a part of a slew of inaugurations and unveiling that the Chief Minister undertook on Monday before he left on his fortnight long US-UK tour.
Accordingly ‘Amma Patrol’ will provide ready response at the scene of crimes against women and girl children. Furthermore the Chief Minister launched a batch of 40 new vehicles purchased at a cost of Rs 6.8 crore taken from the Nirbhaya Fund and the Nirbhaya Fund was constituted by the central government after the 2012-delhi gang rape case. States could plan and implement schemes which improve women’s safety in cities using the Nirbhaya Fund, the cost of which will be shared by the Government of india and the state governments in a 60-40 ratio.
Moreover the Amma Patrol vehicles, named after late CM jayalalitha who was popularly referred to as Amma, will be operated in areas where crimes against women have been reported earlier. women police personnel from the All-women’s Police Stations will be deployed on patrolling duties in the vehicle. Perhaps the vehicles have been equipped with revolving lights, sirens, GPS etc to improve communication and visibility and GPS tracking devices and cameras have been installed in its front and rear sides, and these send continuous visuals to the police control room.
