Focus to achieve zero crime rate, CM tells police

Vijayawada: Chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu has asked the police dept to be innovative and achieve zero crime rate in the state. The CM, who took stock of the law and order in the state with collectors, SPs, and city police commissioners on the final day of the district collectors' conference, stressed on policing that will increase the trust of people.
Asking senior police officials to involve people in maintaining peace, he said a large-scale awareness program should be organised on community participation, which can lead to stable law and order in the state. "Moving to modern technology is the only way to curb anti-social elements and criminals. Cybercrimes are a big threat. We need to design and implement strong plans. For this, there is a need to design strong cyber walls, besides enacting a special law to combat illegal loan apps and cyber frauds, along with online betting," Naidu said.
The chief minister said about 75,749 CCTVs are providing services across the state while instructions have been issued to the home dept to increase the number to one lakh. "CCTV footage is very useful in solving cases. About 1,902 cases have been solved through CCTVs in the last nine months. However, authorities should work to use these CCTVs more effectively. Data analytics should be used for this," he suggested.
Stressing on the need to create more awareness to make use of ‘Shakti' application, he said 33,000 registrations have been made done in the app so far. Naidu appreciated the SPs of Vizianagaram and Bapatla for preventing several digital arrest scams, and asked the police dept to be alert and crack down on cyber frauds. The presentation by Vijayawada police commissioner Rajasekhara Babu, on how Astram (artificial intelligence) application is being used for traffic management in Vijayawada, also came in for praise by the CM.
Naidu asked district collectors to take the strengths of their respective districts as an advantage and achieve the growth targets. He asked coastal district collectors to set more focus on the tourism sector. "It took nearly three decades for the Left parties to understand my vision and realise the potential of the tourism sector. They opposed me when I said no ‘ism' will survive in the future except tourism," he said, referring to CPI legislator Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao's remarks about Naidu's vision in the Telangana assembly.
Observing that for the first time district-wise development plans are being discussed at the state-level, the chief minister said if district collectors formulate plans for the development of their respective zones and implement them with zeal, the future of the state can be very bright. "We have five zones which are all power hubs. The first zone comprises Visakhapatnam, Rajamahendravaram is in second zone, the capital city of Amaravati in third zone, Tirupati is in fourth zone, with Anantapuram in fifth. The collectors should formulate development plans for their respective districts and implement them successfully," he suggested.
He said a senior officer has been made in-charge of each zone while every district has an in-charge minister. "All of them should hold comprehensive discussions on how to develop their respective districts and how to implement the plans at the ground level. From next month onwards, all senior officers should make ground level visits for three to four days every month, formulate necessary developmental plans and resolve them in real time," he added.
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