This story is from August 17, 2019

Barabanki, Kanpur constables to get weekly offs from August 20

Like Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, policemen posted in Kanpur Nagar and Barabanki will also get the facility to avail weekly offs.
Barabanki, Kanpur constables to get weekly offs from August 20
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LUCKNOW: Like Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, policemen posted in Kanpur Nagar and Barabanki will also get the facility to avail weekly offs.
In its pilot phase, the facility to be implemented from August 20 will be only for constables in the two districts.
UP DGP OP Singh said from mid-night of August 20, depending on availability of force and circumstances, weekly off system would begin in Barabanki and Kanpur Nagar.
"As a pilot project the offs system would first be tested in these two districts and then enforced elsewhere," said Singh.
The district police chiefs in the two districts will have the discretion of getting the facility implemented. The weekly-off system has also been started in Kotwali police station area of Faizabad district.
"The policy of off has been started for constables, if it clicks, in the next phase we will introduce the same for the sub-inspectors and other officers, in the district too," said Ashish Tiwari, SP, Ayodhya.
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