Launching 'lost and found' mobile and web based application for senior citizens, Punjab and Haryana governor Kaptan Singh Solanki today said that it will help them to lodge their non-cognisable reports online for loss of their documents and articles.
Interacting with senior citizens, Solanki said that senior citizens constitute an integral part of society, guiding every endeavour in social system with their knowledge, experience and expertise.
"They (senior citizens)are, in fact our national resource and must be enabled to remain active and utilise their potential for the benefit of society by associating them in different activities," he said.
The governor said that this initiative of Chandigarh Police would provide door step services to the senior citizens.
The service would also assist the senior citizens in depositing bills, and ensure the security of their homes when they were not in city, he said.
Solanki gave Rs five lakh from his discretionary fund for the welfare of senior citizens Association.
Speaking on the occasion, R P Upadhya, Inspector General of Police said that Chandigarh Police is committed to provide all possible help to the residents of city.
He said Chandigarh Police in its community out-reach programme lays great emphasis on providing door steps services to senior citizens.
He said under this initiative, Chandigarh Police would provide online digitally signed certificates which senior citizens might use for procuring duplicate copies of lost documents or lodge insurance claim in respect of their articles.
