New police facility in Ambattur Old Town a boon to complainants

Earlier, the office of the Assistant Commissioner of Police was located in an obscure area and in a building that lacked in many basic amenities, writes D. Madhavan.

October 25, 2014 07:34 pm | Updated May 23, 2016 07:30 pm IST

New premises: The office has separate rooms for filing reports, collection of data pertaining to residents and commercial establishments. They also have cabins for policemen of law and order wing and crime. Photo: K. Pichumani

New premises: The office has separate rooms for filing reports, collection of data pertaining to residents and commercial establishments. They also have cabins for policemen of law and order wing and crime. Photo: K. Pichumani

Lodging complaints at the Office of the Assistant Commissioner of Police in Ambattur Old Town (OT) is now easy, thanks to its new building (near the Ambattur telephone exchange junction on CTH Road), which was inaugurated in February 2014. Earlier, when the office functioned from the old building, a complainant lost at least half an hour in just locating it. There was more in store for the visitor — the office, which functioned from the first floor of a commercial building on South Park Road, lacked basic facilities such as seating arrangements for visitors, water taps and ventilation.

“Now, the new office has a spacious room for visitors,” said Assistant Commissioner of Police (Ambattur), A. Rajendran. The swanky office is spread over one acre of land which belongs to the Ambattur Revenue Division and the actual built up area is around 3,000 sq ft.

The Office of Assistant Commissioner of Police for Ambattur covers Ambattur OT, Ambattur Industrial Estate and Korattur police station limits. Built at a cost of Rs. 45 lakh by the Tamil Nadu Police Housing Corporation, the office has separate rooms for filing reports and collection of data pertaining to residents and commercial establishments and cabins for policemen on law and order wing and crime.

A large visitors’ hall at the entrance of the office is the main feature of the premise. Also there are adequate parking facilities with a lush green lawn, water taps and separate washrooms for visitors and the police personnel.

“The office is now easily accessible,” said K. Meenakshi, a resident in Ambattur.       

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