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IGP Alok Mohan bids adieu to Western Range

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December 12, 2011

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Mangalore, December 12: Inspector-General of Police (Western Range) Alok Mohan, who is set to embark on higher studies abroad, has expressed satisfaction about his performance as the chief of policing operations in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chikmagalur and Uttara Kannada districts.

In an informal interaction with journalists at his office in the city on Monday, Mr Mohan expressed his gratitude to the 'wise people' of the region for their overwhelming support and cooperation in maintaining law and order.

Mr Mohan said that the government has showed green signal for him to join Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) School of Public Policy at National University of Singapore to study 'Master in Public Management' (MPM).

The MPM programme is an exclusive one-year full time programme targeted at senior level executives from the public sector with over 10 years of leadership experience. It offers candidates a unique opportunity to spend the first semester studying at the LKY School and the second semester at the John F Kennedy School of Government (KSG), Harvard University.

The outgoing IGP said that the course is however a part of his job process and the Union government would bear all the expenses including air ticket.

He also informed that he was one among the four Indians, who were among 25 candidates selected for the course from across the world. “After successful completion of the course, I will be more capable of handling things” he said.

Mr Mohan, who had initiated his last task with a promise of 'people friendly policing', said that his mission to reduce gap between police and public has brought a remarkable change.

Crime Reduced

He also said that crime rate in the Western Range has been considerably reduced during his tenure.

The number of robbery cases which includes chain snatching was reduced this year to 56 compared to last year's 92 cases. The number of house theft cases too reduced from 81 to 53 within a year, he pointed out.

Pratap Reddy, the IGP in fire services, is expected to replace Alok Mohan as Western Range IGP soon.


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April 5,2020

Madikeri, Apr 5: Following the novel Coronavirus and imposition of Lockdown in the country and departure of the migrant labour force to their hometowns, the harvest of Pepper and post-harvest process of Coffee have taken a hit in Kodagu region of Karnataka.

In the Coffee land, most of the workers at these estates are primarily from north Karnataka and neighbouring districts, including Periyapatna and Hunsur taluks in Mysuru District. Local workers are also sourced for the job as the harvest area is large.

The Kodagu district which already faced severe natural calamity during the last two years now added with the COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent Lockdown, many workers have returned to their home districts, barring a few who have been working in the plantations for many years and reside in the estates themselves.

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Bengaluru, Jul 6: As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in Karnataka, more than 20 police stations were sealed in Bengaluru after many policemen tested positive for novel coronavirus.

"Since the last few weeks, the number of COVID-19 cases in the police department has increased as many of the policemen have tested positive, so that's the reason why the police have taken a decision to close police stations," Bengaluru Commissioner of police Bhaskar Rao said.

He added, "However, people can lodge their complaints and other issues can be solved in help desks launched outside premises of the police station. Most of the areas where positive cases found in the police station are been sealed down for the safety of the people and sanitised them."

However, some of the police stations would be functional from outside the premises.

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Rao further said that the traffic police, civil police along with home guards have been given safety gloves, face masks, and sanitizers along with face covers by the department of police.

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