Tamil Nadu Home Guards Sports Meet
Additional Director General of Police K.Vijay Kumar takes the salute at a march past in the city on Thursday. Home Guards deserve appreciation for being a force whose members render their services without expecting anything in return, Additional Director-General of Police, K. Vijay Kumar (Law and Order) said here on Thursday. Mr.Vijay Kumar was delivering his inaugural address at the Tamil Nadu Home Guards 20th State Level Professional and Sports Meet at the Police Recruit School Grounds on Avanashi Road in the city. Mr.Vijay Kumar said that the success of any force, be it in a war or in civil defence, solely depended on the effective utilisation of reserves. In Tamil Nadu, the critical, active and useful resource, namely Home Guards, had been made best use of by the police. He recalled the supplementary role played by Home Guards in rendering their services in night patrol, temple bandobust, crowd management and traffic regulation. The concept of Home Guards is self defence. Defence or security has different layers of defence in any system or society.
The ADGP pointed out that in Switzerland every house has a Home Guard and every one goes for training in self defence and shooting practice. It was the first country to have cycle infantry or artillery. Inspector-General of Police and Director of Civil Defence and Deputy Commandant General of Home Guards, T. Radhakrishnan lauded the yeomen service rendered by Home Guards. Inspector-General of Police, West Zone, Sanjay Arora, A. Sivakumar, Assistant Commandant General, Home Guards, T.K. Dhanashekar, Area Commander of Home Guards and others took part. The meet began with a march past by Home Guards.
