Hyderabad: Police involve 70 criminals, rowdy-sheeters in CM’s massive tree-plantation project

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It was decided to involve the history sheeters in this campaign as part of the “Reformative Policing’’efforts that are being made with a thought that if we are to check crime and its spread, there must be improvement both in our preventive and remedial efforts, says SP Rema Rajeshwari. The district police hopes that such positive reintegration programmes will help criminals to join the mainstream when factors predisposing a person to criminal behavior are addressed in a holistic fashion and the social acceptance needs are met, she said.

The district police aims to plant 10 lakhs saplings in all police stations, residential quarters, training facilties, Circle Inspector/Sub Divisional Police Officer office buildings, District Police Office complex. Each Police sub-division is given a target to involve citizens in the planting activity as part of the “Community Outreach Programme”, the police has been doing. This programme addresses a wide range of social issues, which lead to crime, such as trafficking, child marriages, child labour, alcoholism, black magic etc. Major thrust will be given to involving history-sheeters at all Police Station levels, and efforts will be made to rehabilitate, through skill development programmes the district police is planning, the ones who proved to have exhibited good behaviour over a considerable period of time, within the legal parameters. Supporting offenders and ex-offenders to address their social reintegration needs including in the area of criminal justice as well as labour, education, and social welfare is also made a priority.

Besides launching a Facebook page, a social media campaign has been started with the a hashtag #GreenCopsOfMahabubnagar.

As part of the state-wide programme, plantations would be done along the 163 kms of the Hyderabad-Vijayawada Highway till Kodada where Telangana jurisdication ends. Massive plantations would also be done along the Mumbai, Nagpur, Warangal, Khammam and Adilabad highways. After CM KCR planted the first sapling, nearly 1.25 lakh saplings were planted by people across Nalgonda district on Saturday.