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The Town constabulary presumption successful Udhagamandalam - 150-year-old practice gathering and the oldest constabulary presumption successful the Nilgiris, has been converted into a creche for the children of constabulary personnel.
The creche was inaugurated connected Saturday (October 4, 2025) by T. Senthilkumar, Inspector General of Police (west zone), and N.S. Nisha, District Superintendent of constabulary (SP), the Nilgiris.
According to the police, the gathering was a constabulary presumption till 2016. Prior to it being converted into a constabulary presumption successful 1860, the gathering had functioned arsenic a dispensary, they added. In 1860, the historical gathering was converted into the archetypal constabulary presumption successful the Nilgiris territory nether the authorization of a constabulary inspector and 55 constabulary personnel, they added.
During the Moplah Rebellion of 1921, against British assemblage rule, revolutionaries had attacked the constabulary presumption and killed 4 policemen, including the past inspector Seshagiri Rao. A commemorative plaque marking the deaths of the policemen had been installed successful the constabulary station.
“This aged constabulary presumption has been converted into a children’s structure for children of constabulary unit arsenic per the orders of Ms. Nisha. This structure volition relation from greeting till evening, from Monday to Saturday with 2 pistillate constabulary officers and 2 pistillate location guards to look aft the children. The children of constabulary officers betwixt 2 and 5 years of property volition beryllium admitted to the shelter,” a property merchandise from the constabulary added.
The creche volition beryllium monitored with CCTV cameras portion children volition besides person entree to the playground adjacent the shelter. The creche volition assistance policemen and women instrumentality attraction of their children truthful that they tin ore connected their duties.
