He works 24X7 to keep people safe

PK Jaiswar

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, April 12

“Today, I am having my breakfast at 3.30pm. Now, you can guess how we are working round the clock and trying not only to keep people safe from the coronavirus but also provide relief material to needy persons,” said Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Sushil Kumar, who is a nodal officer of the drive against Covid launched by the police.

“I have been attending distress calls even at dead of night to provide any type of help to the caller,” said the ACP, who is also the incharge of the rapid response team. “Whenever I get a call of any suspect, I have to arrange a medical team, along with a police team, to pick up the person for screening and put him in home quarantine or the isolation ward,” he added.

Being the nodal officer, he does all correspondence regarding Covid with the headquarters. Besides, he also has the responsibility of verifying the identification of air passengers.

“My team and I had verified the credentials of around 1.2 lakh air passengers so far. We have to prepare lists of local residents after looking into their travel history. Besides, we have to medically examine them when they arrive in the holy city,” he said.

The ACP also had the responsibility of two areas – Mohkampura and Vallah. He has been visiting door to door in the area to make people aware of the cornovirus. Apart from this, he looks into their grievances and needs. Recently, when a person in the Amarkot area tested positive, the entire area was contained so that people do not come out of their houses in the curfew.

“We started screening of around 638 houses having around 2,000 family members. On Sunday, we checked around 123 houses. We have to complete the screening in three days,” he said, adding that they don’t have the time for some rest.

Since the curfew was imposed, he has been performing his duty round the clock. “When I go to sleep, I start planning for the next day’s work. This is how it has been going these days. In the busy routine, I hardly find time to meet my family members. I reach home around midnight and leaves for the work around 7am,” the ACP added.