The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is getting around 1,000 calls each day in response to its recently launched SMS campaign against corruption.
Though most of the calls are of frivolous nature but the officers say overall the large number of calls shows active participation by the people in the drive against corruption.
Call me
The agency has provided mobile and land line numbers where people can register their
complaints.
CBI director Ashwani Kumar, calling it a positive use of technology to bring down the corruption cases, said, "Awareness among the public is the best possible way to fight corruption in government offices and now a days almost everyone carries a mobile.
"It is a speedy as well as people friendly measure to tackle the issue," he added.
Awareness drive
The SMS is part of a public awareness campaign launched by the CBI to bring down the cases of bribing and corruption in government offices in National Capital Region (NCR).
"At times it is really difficult to answer each and every call but we are committed for the success of this campaign and we appreciate the people who are calling us," said a senior CBI officer.
Tie-up
"We have tied up with the mobile services providers and the SMS is being sent to almost every mobile. We want to make the people aware that CBI is ready to take up the genuine cases and they can approach us," said a CBI officer.
Successful
The campaign was first launched in Mumbai around six months back and as per records available with the premier investigating agency it was able to register several genuine cases. "So far we have received tremendous success and we are planning to extend this campaign to other states under different CBI zones," said the officer.
Frivolous calls
But on the flip side the agency is quite baffled with the frivolous complaints and the incidents where people are calling with malicious intention only to settle scores.
"A huge number of calls are from the people who want to complain about the bad behaviour of their neighbour or getting fined by the traffic cops. We need people to come forward with serious complaints so that we can plan and set trap to catch the guilty," said the officer.
Free of cost
So far no time limit has been set for the plan and the mobile companies are also providing the service free of cost.
"The basic purpose of the campaign is to raise awareness among the people and we want to make them understand that CBI is there to take up their rightful case," said the agency.
Source: http://www.mid-day.com/news/2008/sep/120908-CBI-sms-drive-corruption-huge-response.htm
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