With mercury ranges hovering, site visitors police personnel in Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupattur and Tiruvannamalai now get lemon juice and buttermilk twice a day, to beat the warmth.
On Wednesday, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Vellore vary that covers these 4 districts, M.S. Munusamy, accompanied by Superintendent of Police (Vellore), S. Rajesh Kannan, distributed buttermilk and lemon juice to site visitors police personnel at key junctions in Vellore city.
A sachet containing 200 ml of juice or butter milk shall be distributed to police personnel each in the morning and night from March 1 onwards. “As per a government order, allowances are given for this distribution for up to 120 days depending on weather conditions. As dry weather began, we decided to start the initiative,” Ok.S. Balakrishnan, SP (Tirupattur), informed The Hindu.
Traffic authorities had been seen distributing buttermilk packets in the course of the afternoon hours to personnel who had been on site visitors responsibility on roads and at site visitors indicators. They got two packets of buttermilk, mentioned to be very wholesome. Glucose biscuits and water bottles are additionally being equipped to maintain the personnel energised and keep their water ranges.
Of the full police energy of round 5,000 together with ladies constables in these districts, round 600 site visitors police personnel will profit in these districts underneath the initiative. On a mean, every site visitors police personnel will get two hours in breaks for each 4 hours of responsibility.
On Wednesday, the utmost temperature was 35 levels Celsius in these districts. Alongside buttermilk and lemon juice, site visitors police personnel had been additionally supplied with jute-made hats in place of previous woollen caps to beat the warmth throughout summer season. These hats assist to keep away from direct daylight. Also, small pores in these hats present higher air flow and air circulation. In Tiruvannamalai, Ok. Karthikeyan, SP, launched the drive whereas D. V. Kiran Shruthi, SP (Ranipet) inaugurated it in Ranipet.