‘Job mela’ evokes good response
The Hindu
21 persons involved in various offences land jobs in drive organised by Vijayawada police and APSSDC
Many youth who had lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic attended the ‘job mela’ organised by the Vijayawada Police and the A.P. State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC) here on Saturday.
Aspirants from Vijayawada and neighbouring villages attended the mela, in which 17 companies offered employment.
About 21 candidates, who were involved in thefts, chain-snatching, ganja smuggling, and other cases, secured job in the recruitment drive,” said Vijayawada Police Commissioner Kanthi Rana Tata.
The Commissioner’s Task Force (CTF) Police organised counselling for more than 400 blade batch offenders involved in several cases during the last few days.
Deputy Commissioner of Police K. Babu Rao, CTF Additional DCP K.V. Srinivas Rao, ADCP (CCS) K. Srinivas, Additional DCP (CSB) Ch. Lakshmipathi and other officers who participated in the counselling process appealed to the offenders to mend their ways, take up some job and lead decent lives, the Police Commissioner said.
“There is always a scope for the criminals to lead respectful lives. I appeal to the blade batch offenders, criminals involved in thefts, chain-snatching and pick pocketing to stop such activities,” Mr. Kanti Rana Tata said.
The police, in association with the APSSDC, Dhanalakshmi Bank and the managements of many transport, textile, medical shops, educational institutions and motor companies, organized the job mela, the Police Commissioner said.
The former BJP MLA of Udupi K. Raghupathi Bhat claimed on Saturday that he contesting the Legislative Council elections from South West Graduates’ Constituency as rebel candidate made the saffron party field its party leader C. T. Ravi in the biennial elections to the Legislative Council from the Legislative Assembly.