Social distancing: B’luru police seeks ideas from netizens to keep migrants engaged

Team Udayavani, Apr 15, 2020, 9:27 AM IST

Bengaluru: City Commissioner of police Bhaskar Rao on Tuesday, April 14 asked the netizens to suggest some ideas to prevent law and order problems in the city amid lockdown and to help the migrants maintain social distance.

As the easiest way to reach public and ask for their opinion on social media, Baskar Rao took to Twitter asking out for a hand of help and wrote, “In view of migrants in some parts of the country have lost their patience and poured onto streets, may I seek suggestions from you all as to how we could keep these large numbers engaged, be empathetic and maintain social distance too…Ideas to prevent Law and Order problems.”

In view of migrants in some parts of country having lost their patience and poured onto streets, may I seek suggestions from you all as to how we could keep these large numbers engaged, be empathetic and maintain social distance too…Ideas to prevent Law and Order problems.

— Bhaskar Rao IPS (@deepolice12) April 14, 2020

Replying to Commissioner’s tweet Former Karnataka government’s Chief Secretary Ratna Prabha said, “Find out from where they are so that people from one state/ area can be grouped together, or what activity they are good at & attach them to corporates/ NGOs.Azim Premji, Infosys foundation, etc can be roped in. They can be taught to write/read & use their talent.”

Find out from where they are so that people from one state/ area can be grouped together, or what activity they are good at & attach them to corporates/ NGOs.Azim Premji, Infosys foundation etc can be roped in. They can be taught to write/read & use their talent.

— Ratna Prabha (@Ratnaprabha_IAS) April 14, 2020

Soon after being shared online, the tweet has collected over 2.1 thousand like so far and many people have also commented on their ideas on how police can maintain law and order in Bengaluru.

The top cop too has responded to the suggestions given by the netizens.

Here are few of the suggestions by the Twitterati:

Three steps

1. Identify areas where they are staying, has to be slightly outskirts, they can’t be in CBD

2. Ration should be provided at least for 2 weeks at a time

3. A bit of cash distribution(500Rs) will help because all of us need it in our pockets for Misc expenses

Sd wo

— Praveen Kumar (@prav_609) April 14, 2020

Make a separate toll free number for them . There main concern might be food and rent . If that can be arranged and government take them in confidence the situation can be prevented from escalated.

— Ayushman (@Ayushmangod) April 14, 2020

Sir, make sure they shouldn’t provoked by anyone need to monitor them closely, all these mismanagement happened because of poor communication and misinformation.
Kindly don’t allow this in our state.?

— Santhosh Kumar (@shettyskumar) April 14, 2020

Why have they lost their patience? Is it lack of food or home sickness?

— Ramasubramanyam (@guharamasub) April 14, 2020

Dear Bhaskar Rao sir –

Give them some work todo to keep them occupied

They are ppl who don’t get sleep if they don’t physical work

Can they partner with some small cottage industry ? Give ladies simple tasks

Take a batch of men to build roads or fix roads

— 8A39D (@v2l2b2) April 14, 2020