Police Commissioner holds two-day redressal camp
The Hindu
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City Police Commissioner Shankar Jiwal held a grievance redressal meeting for personnel, which lasted for eleven-and-a-half hours over the course of two days.
Under the ‘Ungal Thuraiyil Muthalamaichar’ (Chief Minister in your department) programme, an initiative was launched to redress the grievances of government staff. Under this, the Police Commissioner held a mega camp on Saturday and Sunday at Rajarathinam Stadium in Egmore.
On Saturday, Mr. Jiwal held the redressal programme from 3 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. For seven-and-a-half hours, he directly received petitions from police personnel. He continued the camp from 11.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. on Sunday.
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