O/O District Public Relations Officer, Jalandhar - DeputyCommissioner of Police Balkar Singh on Friday issued various prohibitory ordersto maintain the law and order in the city.
In first order, he has banned the sale/purchase and storageof Chinese string or plastic thread in the district. The order has been issuedunder section 144 of CRPC. He said that this string is very harmful and caneasily cause injury to animals and humans. He further added that these plasticstrings do not break easily and commuters on two-wheelers and animals often getentangled in these leading to bruises.
DCP has also directed that all villages falling underCommissionerate police’s jurisdiction should hold night ‘Thikri Pehras’ (nightpatrol) from 8 pm to 5 pm in their villages. He asked the panchayats to informSHOs of their areas regarding the details of persons who will be part of‘Thikri Pehra’ teams.
He has also ordered that the firecrackers noise level at theboundary of the public places, where loudspeaker of the public address systemis being used must not exceed 10 dB (A) above the ambient noise standards forthe area 7.5 dB (A) whichever is lower, banned playing of DJs or loud musicsystems, no horn should be used between 10 pm to 6 am.
DCP further ordered that the city residents have to informthe nearby police Sanjh Kendras about the servant and any type of worker,employed in their homes or factories or tenants living in PGs or other accommodations,with their complete information about background, original residentialaddresses and other details.
In a separate order, all the hotels, guest houses, resortsand any other public accommodation that is used for a temporary stay, wouldhave to keep the records of all the people who seek the accommodation in theirpremises. The authorities have to get a copy of the identity card, mobilenumber, the purpose of staying or visiting the place, details of people one haswith him or her, number of days that one has to stay, room number. In the caseof any foreigner staying in their premises, they have to inform the head of theForeigners Registration Office (Commissionerate Police), he added.
Singh also ordered the shopkeepers who sell army printsclothes and uniforms, to keep a record of the buyers. DCP said that it has been found thatshopkeepers do not maintain any record of the sale of army prints clothes anduniforms. Offenders can disturb law andorder situations or commit a crime in the city by wearing army, paramilitaryuniforms, he added.
Deputy Commissioner of Police has banned any type ofprocession, carrying of firearms in procession, gathering of five or morepersons and raising slogans in the jurisdiction of Commissionerate police.
He also ordered the owners of all marriage places, hotelsand banquet halls to install CCTV cameras in their premises for the maintenanceof law and order falling in the jurisdiction of Commissionerate Police.
Further, in order to maintain the law and order in the city,the deputy commissioner of Police also banned the carrying of any kind ofsharp-edged weapons, baseball bat or any deadly weapons in the vehicles.
He said that these orders would be in force till March 2,2021.