My work would speak for me, says Pune’s second woman police commissioner

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Shukla, who was the State Intelligence Department (SID) Commissioner before moving to Pune, was speaking to the press on Wednesday. She said that she has started visiting each police station in the city. “Instead of saying here what I will do for the city, let my work speak,” she said.

Shukla added that she would be available between 3.30 pm and 5.30 pm everyday at the police commissionerate to meet citizens for grievance redressal. She also said that on every Friday, she would hear problems faced by the police machinery from police officers and staffers and visit each police colony in the city to understand issues faced by them.

“Traffic woes of the city are getting complicated day by day and I will take all possible efforts to find out solutions,” Shukla said, adding that her focus would initially be on the stretches between University junction and Shivajinagar, and Maldhakka Chowk and Shahir Amar Shaikh Chowk. With Pune being included in the list of cities for the Smart City project, the focus would be on making policing smart, she further said.

Speaking about the helmet rule, Shukla said last year, Pune saw more than 400 deaths in road accidents and it is important to create awareness among riders on the use of helmets. Citing her experience in the SID, she pointed out terrorism and left-wing extremism are among the threats to the city and she has instructed officers to maintain close vigil, especially in sensitive locations of Pune.