SOP Station House Management by Kerala Police

16.5. TRIBAL JANAMAITHRI PROJECT 131
e) Provide Police services
within the easy reach of the
community.
f) Janamaithri Police prepared
a digital repository of
data using the M-Beat application
which is being utilized
for the enforcement of lockdown
and containing of the
spread of Covid-19 pandemic.
16.5 TRIBAL
JANA-
MAITHRI
PROJECT
Tribal Janamaithri is a subset
of Janamaithri Suraksha
Project aimed at the upliftment
of marginalized Scheduled
Tribe communities of the
State and their sustainable
development. Despite Constitutional
protection, statutory
rights and a number of
schemes for their development,
the Tribal population
is unable to break free from
the shackles of poverty and
poor standards of life. Low
literacy, poor awareness and
low standard of living make
them vulnerable to social ills
and in turn they became
susceptible puppets of land
mafias, exploiters and even
to the Left-Wing Extremists.
Maoists through their
intervention with the community
carefully take advantage
of their poor conditions
and intrude into their day
to day life. They distort the
truth, magnify their sufferings
and convince them that the
only option left is to revolt
against the Government. The
fact that the maximum sightings
of Maoists in the vicinity
of tribal colonies assumes
greater significance in this
context. Kerala Police had
foreseen the growth of Left-
Wing Extremism/Maoism
among the tribal population
and devised a pioneer project
in the name of “Tribal Janamaithri”.
The main focus
of the project is to identify
the problems faced by the
tribal population and liaise
between the Government and
the tribes through specially
trained beat Police personnel
deployed exclusively for
this purpose. The beat officers
earnestly tries to resolve
the problems faced by the
communities approaching the
concerned departments either
directly or through their superior
officers. These officers
address their issues and develop
a good relation with the
tribes which facilitates vital
intelligence regarding Maoists
in the forests. Now, Police
has acquired the confidence
of the tribal community and
coordinates the implementation
of various developmental
projects in tribal areas.
Many beat officers participate
in the “Oorukoottams”
(Gramasabhas) and monthly
grievance redressal adalaths
convened in the tribal settlements.
In consultation and
cooperation with the various
Government departments
and agencies, anti-drug campaigns,
educational awareness
campaigns, job fairs and so
on are conducted in these localities
helping a lot in the
sustainable development of
the tribes. The implementation
of project HOPE for providing
required psycho-social
support to the school dropout
children in the tribal settlements
is yet another landmark
of the beat officers in
these areas.
16.6 Migrant
Labour Janamaithri
for
Guest Workers
The Covid-19 pandemic has
had a devastating impact on
all aspects of life and the subsequent
lockdowns came as a
bolt from the blue to the guest
workers in the State. Sensing
the large-scale commotion
leading to major law and order
problems in the State,
Kerala Police took measures
to redress the concerns of migrant
labourers. A Team
of Police official from every
Police station started visiting
the guest workers from 25th
March onwards and started
collecting the camp details
and the number of guest workers.
An inventory of Guest
workers in the State, with
their address and contact details,
was prepared by the Police
and it was found that
their numbers were 471834 in
14604labour camps. In order
to ensure proper care and support
to guest workers, Kerala
Police had taken a multipronged
approach for their
rehabilitation and sustenance.
Adequate preparedness and
response measures were taken
to provide the basic amenities
viz. food, clean drinking
water, medicines etc in the
labour camps. A host of holistic
measures such as reaching
out to the labourers, setting
up of avenues for their recreation
and most importantly,
arranging medical assistance
to the needy family members
of the workers back home in a
bid to earn their trust, helped
the Police to avert massive agitations
among migrant work-