Police prepare special security plan for keeping Thamel, Durbarmarg open 24/7

KATHMANDU, April 11: Nepal Police has prepared a special security plan for keeping Thamel and Durbarmarg areas of Kathmandu open round the clock.

Chief of the District Police Range, Kathmandu, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Bhupendra Bahadur Khatri, said so while speaking at an interaction program on the minimization of drug abuse and cyber crimes, organized here today by Community Service Center Tudal Devi and Police Circle Maharajgunj and Maligaun.

"Police are carrying out a thorough study of the possible crime-prone areas for opening Thamel and Durbarmarg areas for 24 hours. Nepal Police would gear up towards making the two tourism business markets more vibrant by managing additional human resources of the Nepal Police and the Tourist Police," SSP Khatri said.

Stating that the incidents of drug abuse and cyber crime have increased throughout the country including the federal capital Kathmandu in recent days, he asserted that the police are vigorously working to control such crimes.

According to him, 3,700 complaints of misuse of social sites have been filed with the Kathmandu Police in the current fiscal year. Similarly, he said, more than 4,000 cases related to narcotics abuse have been registered throughout the country.

Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Ward No 4 Chairman Dinesh Maharjan said all the damaged roads in the ward would be blacktopped within the next year. He urged one and all, especially the students and parents, to be aware of drug abuse and cybercrime.

President of the Community Service Center Tudal Devi, Ram Prasad Neupane said that the Center has been collaborating with the Community Police Service Center to end the anomalies, aberrations, and anti-social activities in the Chandol, Dhumbarahi, Baluwatar, and Chundevi, Tudal Devi areas. He added that the Community Service Center has been conducting public awareness-raising programs for controlling incidents of drug abuse and cybercrime.

Chief of the Police Circle Maharajgunj, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ambar Bahadur Thapa Chhetri said the police, in collaboration with the community, have been running various public awareness programs, citing that the youths were embroiled in drug abuse and cyber crime in recent times.

Former government secretary Shyam Prasad Mainali, former Additional Inspector General of Police (AIG) Amar Singh Shah, Principal of Newton Higher Secondary School Ram Bahadur Thapa, among other speakers, underscored the need for keeping the students safe from drug abuse and cyber crime.

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