SHILLONG, MAY 30: Meghalaya Director General of Police (DGP) Idashisha Nongrang on Thursday held her first meeting with the public to address their grievances and pertinent issues concerning the state.

Speaking to reporters after meeting over 22 groups and individuals, Nongrang said, “It was a very interesting experience and a very enlightening one that people from various walks of lives have come in. Some of them have come with grievances, some of them had come in with requests for help, a couple of them were related to issues with our serving policemen, two of them were with issues of policemen, who had died while on duty and a request for a compassionate appointment etc. We have noted most of the things.”

“There are few who have just come in on a congratulatory note. So I had a couple of minutes with all of them and some of which are not in my chartered. Since they had come I had accordingly advised them to take it up with the concerned authorities,” she added.

The DGP also informed that there were two groups, which have come with regards to people with disabilities, and they had requested some kind of training capsule for traffic police personnel, so that they can arrest the issues for people with disabilities. She assured that the matter will be implemented immediately.

Nongrang also assured to address the issue of public nuisance in the different parts of the city.

Asked, the DGP said a request has also come from the taxi aggregators but unfortunately that is also not under her charter.

“There were quite a few calls asking if we could come on other days but I said yes on other days you would have to take a prior appointment and today you could just walk in,” she added.

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