Home Minister R R Patil launches safety and security campaign for citizens

The Mumbai police on Monday launched a new campaign titled lsquoMumbai Ke Liye 1 Minutersquo aimed at the safety and security of citizens The campaign encourages the public to be aware of their surroundings and asks people to participate in order to ensure a safe city Just a minute Home Minister R R Patil with CP Dr Satyapal Singh Joint CP Himanshu Roy and Joint CP Law and Order Sadanand Date at the launch of lsquoMumbai Ke Liye 1 Minutersquo campaign PicSuresh KK ldquoEvery citizen should give one minute of his time to check what is around him Heshe should check for any suspicious bags vehicles objects etc Just one minute of your time will save not only yourself but also the city Being the financial capital Mumbai is always on the radar of antisocial elements But if the citizens take care and are always aware nobody will ever succeed in carrying out a blast in the cityrdquo said R R Patil the Home Minister of Maharashtra at the launch of the campaign at Prerna Police Hall in Azad Maidan Police Commissioner Dr Satyapal Singh added ldquoThe bomb that killed 17 people in German Bakery in Pune had been kept there in a bag for 86 minutes Many people saw it and one of the employees at the bakery even brought it to the notice of the cashier But he was too busy handling the cash and did not pay much heed to it It finally exploded and killed 17 peoplerdquo The commissioner said that the police had written thrice to the bakery to take care of security as many foreigners frequented the place but the management didnrsquot listen to them ldquoIf the cashier had given just one minute of his time and had called the police he could have saved 17 livesrdquo said Singh Hence the campaign is called lsquoMumbai Ke Liye 1 Minutersquo The campaign has been created by Ogilvy amp Mather OampM Mumbai Harshad Rajadhyaksha group creative director at OampM and the creator of the campaign said ldquoWersquore proud to have associated ourselves with the Mumbai police Itrsquos a campaign that is close to everyone in the city and is important to each and every person in the cityrdquo The campaign consists of banners posters and video clips The video clips will be shown in movie theatres BEST buses and railway stations The programme has received Rs 15 crore in funds from a corporate bank But in order to reach more people the campaign needs to be advertised on TV for which there are no funds that have been sanctioned from the state government ldquoMost of the time such video clips which give social messages end up being shown only in theatres BEST buses and railway station advertisement boards At these places people hardly have the time to watch them We donrsquot have the budgets to run the campaign on TVrdquo said a police officer When asked about the lack of funding Patil said he would try his best to make funds available for the campaignu00a0 Chargesheet in Shakti Mills rape case by Thursday The Home Minister R R Patil also announced that the Crime Branch would be filing the chargesheet in the Shakti Mills rape case by Thursday On August 22 a photojournalist was gangraped by five people at Shakti Mills while on an assignmentu00a0ldquoWe will try and finish it by Thursday If necessary we will also file a supplementary chargesheetrdquo said a crime branch officeru00a0