Social Media has become so important nowadays that even the government departments have made themselves available online in order to communicate in a better manner with the public. The police departments of various states have also joined the micro-blogging site and they often post memes or humorous posts in order to warn criminals and tell the public about their rights and duties.
However, on Friday, something unpleasant happened on Twitter and Delhi Police and Gurugram police were seen playing blame games.
It’s an open secret that heavy rains bring life to a halt in Delhi and NCR and traffic jam is a common thing in this situation.
One Twitter user made a complaint to Delhi Traffic police and Gurugram police about being stuck at NH 48 in front of ambience mall for one hour and asked for help.
He wrote, “Stuck for last one hour at NH 48 in front of ambience mall. Please help”
@gurgaonpolice @dtptraffic stuck for last one hour at NH 48 in front of ambience mall. Please help
— Birender Kumar (@singhbk) September 22, 2017
Delhi traffic police soon responded, stating that the area doesn’t come under their jurisdiction and the complaint has been forwarded to Gurugram police.
The tweet read, “Thanks, matter is out of Delhi Police jurisdiction so your complaint is being forwarded to @gurgaonpolice for taking necessary action.”
Thanks, matter is out of Delhi Police jurisdiction so your complaint is being forwarded to @gurgaonpolice for taking necessary action.
— Delhi Traffic Police (@dtptraffic) September 22, 2017
Gurugram police shifted the blame back on Delhi traffic police by telling them to deal with the traffic at Rajokri flyover which as per them was the reason of traffic jam at NH48.
It wrote, “@dtptraffic Plz clear your traffic over rajokri flyover. This is resulting in serious traffic congestion in Gurugram.”
@dtptraffic Plz clear your traffic over rajokri flyover. This is resulting in serious traffic congestion in Gurugram.
— Gurugram Police (@gurgaonpolice) September 22, 2017
This Twitter banter ended as Delhi Police said that the staff is present on the location to handle traffic:
Thanks, sir as per report area traffic officer, staff is present and regulation the traffic.
— Delhi Traffic Police (@dtptraffic) September 22, 2017
But Twitterati didn’t seem to like this kind of behaviour and slammed both the departments:
Blame game:
The old blame game of Delhi police, either the offence can be prosecuted on the spot, or out of jurisdiction or staff has been informed!!!
— Navneet (@nav_neet) September 22, 2017
What an applauding work! (Satirical)
Lovely table tennis between 2 police teams who should be interdependent on each other.
— Sunil Issar (@SunilIssar) September 22, 2017
You don’t care about sufferings of others and are confused even about your area:
Well done both the👮, Public is suffering you guys are even confuse about your area.
— Rahul उर्फ़ Zimmy©️ (@hellorahul09) September 22, 2017
People’s reaction after this Twitter exchange:
— Adithaps (@adithaps) September 22, 2017
Everyday story:
@dtptraffic how u know his location & decide on jurisdiction from your twitter account? This NH8 mess occurs every single day. @LtGovDelhi
— Chirag Arora (@my_namaste) September 22, 2017
Whatever may be the issue, both the departments should have shown some interest in helping the public rather than playing the blame game. They must be careful of their conduct in public and social media and show more responsibility towards their work. What do you say?
