Thiruvananthapuram: Long-abandoned junk, waste and unusable vehicles that had been piling up for years inside and around police station premises across the state are finally being cleared away. So far, 102.49 tonnes of waste and 5,115 vehicles have been removed.The drive was part of the newly launched initiative of Kerala Police ‘My Police Station’ to clean and reorganise station surroundings.The largest quantity of waste was cleared from Kozhikode city, totalling 12,121kg. Ernakulam rural ranked second with 11,001.49kg, followed by Thrissur city in third place with 10,901kg. The highest number of vehicles was removed from Ernakulam rural — 563. Palakkad came second (525) while Kollam city ranked third (521).My Police Station project, implemented by the home department, aims to transform police stations into service centres that members of the public and complainants can enter with confidence. The initiative seeks to ensure that people receive prompt and efficient services from police stations while fully respecting the dignity of every citizen.The cleanup, carrying the tagline ‘Reclaim, Renew, Revive’, was carried out under the leadership of Kerala Police Housing and Construction Corporation Ltd (KPHCC) in collaboration with the central public sector enterprise CERO. The initiative was overseen by a committee chaired by the state police chief, with the managing director of KPHCC serving as a member.ADGP P Vijayan (law and order) stated that the drive to remove unusable materials, waste and vehicles from police station premises across the state will continue.
