Chandigarh, July 11 -- Almost two years since the launch of police-community partnership programme 'Samavesh', the UT police have disposed of thousands of complaints and also created awareness amongst over a lakh residents, reveals data.

Under the scheme, the police received 9,920 complaints under various categories from October 1, 2023 till June 30, 2025 and disposed of 7,386 of the same.

Samavesh, which in its operational term means policing along with the community, was launched in October 2023 with an aim to reduce trust deficit, dignity deficit and spatial disconnect among citizens and the police.

A total of 1.2 lakh residents of Chandigarh have attended 2,478 awareness programmes organised by the police in this time period. These...