The Darjeeling police have decided to start a Career Counseling Cell for youths from Wednesday as they aim to reach out to them and rebuild lost confidence in the wake of the statehood agitation.
Public-police relations in the hills are at an all-time low. Numerous arrests and the September 28 clash with students have only worsened matters.
Nonetheless, the police department is keen to ensure the people do not lose faith. Counseling services will be provided at the town office for four hours every day with the police department appealing to all youths to visit the cell.
“There is lot of confusion among youths here as to job opportunities and their career. The CCC’s job will be to inform them about various job opportunities available, how to get them, and what needs to be done,” said Darjeeling Special IG Jawed Shamim.
At the outset, the CCC will start in Darjeeling sub-division and depending on the response it will be introduced in the remaining sub-divisions.
“We have decided to start in Darjeeling first. We will see how the response is and accordingly take it up in the remaining sub-divisions,” said Shamim.
The officer also said that in the event of a youth being selected for a job interview, the CCC would provide necessary assistance.
“We have officials who are pretty experienced and who have themselves faced interviews. Youths selected for job interviews will be helped by our officials on how to prepare and be ready to tackle the task,” the special IG said.
He also said the people of the hills have always cooperated and stray incidents should not be a deterrent to police-public relations.
“We always want to be in the best of terms with the people. Locals have always cooperated with the police and we want to help them and ensure our relation remains intact for a win-win situation,” said Shamim.
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Nonetheless, the police department is keen to ensure the people do not lose faith. Counseling services will be provided at the town office for four hours every day with the police department appealing to all youths to visit the cell.
“There is lot of confusion among youths here as to job opportunities and their career. The CCC’s job will be to inform them about various job opportunities available, how to get them, and what needs to be done,” said Darjeeling Special IG Jawed Shamim.
At the outset, the CCC will start in Darjeeling sub-division and depending on the response it will be introduced in the remaining sub-divisions.
“We have decided to start in Darjeeling first. We will see how the response is and accordingly take it up in the remaining sub-divisions,” said Shamim.
The officer also said that in the event of a youth being selected for a job interview, the CCC would provide necessary assistance.
“We have officials who are pretty experienced and who have themselves faced interviews. Youths selected for job interviews will be helped by our officials on how to prepare and be ready to tackle the task,” the special IG said.
He also said the people of the hills have always cooperated and stray incidents should not be a deterrent to police-public relations.
“We always want to be in the best of terms with the people. Locals have always cooperated with the police and we want to help them and ensure our relation remains intact for a win-win situation,” said Shamim.
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