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Chandigarh traffic and security went in the hands of women IPS officer

Chandigarh traffic and security went in the hands of women IPS officer

Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in/ Chandigarh

The city beautiful and Union Territory Chandigarh city gets its first woman senior superintendent of police SSP, Traffic, as the union home ministry has approved the appointment of Manisha Choudhary a 2011 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre who is presently serving as SP, Panipat.

Out of three names panel Manisha Choudhary (of 2011 batch), Surinder Pal (of 2010 batch) and Virender Singh (of 2011 batch) , Choudhary got green signal from the home ministry.

Shashank Anand, 2006 batch IPS, was relieved on 29 July after completing his three-year term. After this, Akari was in given its temporary charge, SP Headquarters and Crime Branch is with Manoj Kumar Meena.

Presently she is SP Panipat and has been the SP in several districts including Hisar and was earlier SP Panchkula in Crime against Women’s Cell.

In Chandigarh, SSP UT is from Punjab cadre and SSP Traffic and Security is from Haryana cadre IPS officers. Recently Kuldeep singh Chahal, IPS of Punjab cadre got posted as SSP UT.

The Chandigarh Traffic Police was sanctioned as a separate unit distinct from District Police in 1974. It is headed by an IPS officer who is designated as the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Security & Traffic, U.T Chandigarh and assisted by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Traffic-Admin, DSP/Traffic (Road Safety-cum-R&D), DSP, Traffic (Central Sub-division), DSP/Traffic (East Sub-division), DSP/Traffic (South Sub-division) and Zonal Traffic Inspectors. The entire city has been divided into three sub-divisions and four zones and traffic regulation in each zone is undertaken by a traffic police team led by a Traffic Inspector.

In the city, apart from Haryana ,Punjab, there is a movement of IAS-IPS officers including duties for Chief Ministers, Ministers, MLAs and Governors. Most police forces are deployed in VIP movement duty. SSP Traffic and Security bear the responsibility on the shoulder. Besides this, the cradle of traffic rules has to be closely monitored.

Chandigarh traffic and security went in the hands of women IPS officer

November 11,2020

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