Ensure social distancing at banks, IG tells police chiefs

Kapil Dixit | TNN | Updated: Apr 15, 2020, 00:22 IST

PRAYAGRAJ: Taking strong note of customers flouting social distancing norms at branches of various banks and at customer service centres, IG , Prayagraj range, KP Singh asked police chiefs of Prayagraj, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi and Fatehpur districts to deploy additional police pickets for compliance of social distancing norms.
The IG also asked to regulate the crowd of customers at small branches, particularly at customer service centres.
He said, "police of Prayagraj, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, and Pratapgarh have been asked to prepare a list of banks and its branches where crowd of customers was more as compared to other banks. Additional police pickets should be deployed in these banks to strictly enforce social distancing norms .
"At least three incidents were reported when unidentified miscreants made an abortive bid to target small branches and in view of this, the police chiefs have been directed to deploy more police forces", the IG said. Thana police have also been asked to check whether banks have installed network of CCTVs , and if not, the same should be installed at the earliest, he added. Meanwhile, a team of senior administration and police officials, including divisional commissioner of Prayagraj R Ramesh Kumar and IG K P Singh on Tuesday reviewed the arrangements and appealed to the residents of the city to follow lockdown orders till May 3.