<div>A group of Hyderabad traffic police personnel has initiated a novel campaign to stop people urinating in public by garlanding those who commit the act.<div><br /></div><div>Policemen attached to Mahankali traffic police station, led by Inspector T Rama Swamy, launched the campaign yesterday. So far we have "felicitated' at least 26 persons caught at various places including the Secunderabad railway station area, Swamy said.</div><div><br /></div><div>"I had seen some social workers garlanding those urinating in public places in Delhi when I was posted there in 2011-12. That inspired me," Rama Swamy told PTI.</div><div><br /></div><div>"After garlanding them, we request them not to create filth and use the public toilets instead," he said.</div><div><br /></div><div>This was a small contribution to 'Swachh Hyderabad' campaign and it will continue for the next 8-10 days under Mahankali police station limits, the inspector said. His team consists of two sub-inspectors and three constables.</div><div><br /></div><div>Asked about people's response, Rama Swamy said, "Those, whom we caught urinating in public places and garlanded, promised that that they will not do this again. They praised our campaign."</div><div><br /></div><div>Rama Swamy and his team also distributed chocolates to the two-wheeler riders who wear helmets.</div></div>
<div>A group of Hyderabad traffic police personnel has initiated a novel campaign to stop people urinating in public by garlanding those who commit the act.<div><br /></div><div>Policemen attached to Mahankali traffic police station, led by Inspector T Rama Swamy, launched the campaign yesterday. So far we have "felicitated' at least 26 persons caught at various places including the Secunderabad railway station area, Swamy said.</div><div><br /></div><div>"I had seen some social workers garlanding those urinating in public places in Delhi when I was posted there in 2011-12. That inspired me," Rama Swamy told PTI.</div><div><br /></div><div>"After garlanding them, we request them not to create filth and use the public toilets instead," he said.</div><div><br /></div><div>This was a small contribution to 'Swachh Hyderabad' campaign and it will continue for the next 8-10 days under Mahankali police station limits, the inspector said. His team consists of two sub-inspectors and three constables.</div><div><br /></div><div>Asked about people's response, Rama Swamy said, "Those, whom we caught urinating in public places and garlanded, promised that that they will not do this again. They praised our campaign."</div><div><br /></div><div>Rama Swamy and his team also distributed chocolates to the two-wheeler riders who wear helmets.</div></div>