SUKKUR: Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Sukkur zone, Feroze Shah has said around 1,181 policemen, 23 police mobiles and 42 motorcycles were deployed in the first phase of the population census in Ghotki district.
Talking to journalists at his office on Saturday, he said to monitor the process of the population census two monitoring cells – one each in Ghotki and Sukkur – have been established, while arrangements have already been finalised for the second phase of the population census which has started from April 15.
In this regard, the DIG visited all the police stations throughout Sukkur and Khairpur districts to check the wireless communication and later submitted a report to the IG Sindh regarding shortcomings and suggestions to make the process foolproof.
Besides, the DIG also ordered police officers from Sukkur and Khairpur to monitor the process of the population census in Ghotki district, which would prove helpful for them in the second phase of the census in their own districts.
