The
Area:
The West Zone of Bangalore City comprises of commercial and residential areas. All the
activities of a metropolis can be seen here. This zone covers an area of 61.30 Sq.Kms.
Chickpet, Balepet are busy commercial areas wherein gold, silver and garment shops are
located. Gandhinagar, which houses majority of film producers, distributors, and theater
comes under this zone.
The prominent institutions like National Law School of India University (NLSUI) campus of
Bangalore University, Institute of Social and Economic Change (ISEC) and Sports Authority
of India (SAI) are situated in this zone.
The residential areas of Basaveswaranagar, Vijayanagar, Chandra Layout are located in this
zone. Important places of workship like Temples, Mosques and Churches are located in this
zone.
There are three Assistant Commisioners of Police in this zone with their headquarters at
Chickpet, Vijayanagar and Kengeri Gate.
The participation of citizens along with the police in patrolling has resulted in a
phenomenal decrease in crime in this zone. This zone has enrolled 1874 citizens as members
of "Neighbourhood Watch Scheme" and 192 as Special Police Officers.
The jansevak organisation is also active in this zone. Complaint boxes are maintained at
strategic points the citizens drop their complaints, which are collected by the Police and
these complaints are attended to.
A unique feature of this zone is the work done regarding the rehabilitation of street
children and runway children. To rehabilitate such children a project called "Makkala
Ashraya" was launched and a Transit Crisis Shelter is opened in Gandhinagar
during January 1999. The Transit Crisis Shelter is run round the clock with the help of
volunteers. Efforts are made to trace the parents of such children and restore them to
their parents and where parents cannot be traced they are provided with vocational
training by placing them 'with NGO's working for such children.
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