bdds assistant police inspector maruti pandit pmc medical officer milind khedekar and president of the pmc kamgar sanghatana prakash jadhav also spoke to the civic employees he told civic employees to remain alert and help the police they were told not to fall prey to rumours the police held a camp for the conservancy staff of the pune municipal corporation in a meeting hall at the shantaibai dhole patil school from 1130 am to 1 pm on friday do not allow anybody to go near the thing to help prevent casualties in case of an untoward incident said dhure if you still find something amiss then alert the city police control the camp was attended by dhole patil road ward officer shriram sonawane divisional sanitation inspector dilip jadhav sanitation inspectors rose mary kakade and dattatraya kshirsat supervisor jalal jaffri and others this was the message given out to more than 600 civic conservancy staff attached to the dhole patil road ward office in an initiative undertaken by the bund garden police and the bomb detection and disposal squad bdds on friday explaining the concept behind the camp gaikwad said the conservancy staff needs to be sensitised because they are the first people who leave their homes early in the morning to clean the city and clear heaps of garbage from containers and the roads therefore senior police inspector ranjit dhure of the bund garden police station took up the issue with the dhole patil road ward office to organise the camp this initiative was in response to the recent terror attacks in mumbai and the bombs found in garbage containers in new delhi pune if you find anything suspicious while cleaning the roads and collecting garbage do not panic and do not touch the object addressing the staff inspector dhure advised them to be careful if they found attractive objects like toys or packed gifts lying unclaimed this fact makes it likely that they would come in contact with suspicious objects lying in garbage containers or any other place the staff was also advised to evaluate a suspicious situation and alert their superiors before alerting the police he told them about the possible consequences of such an object if it happened to contain a live bomb gaikwad said the training imparted to the conservancy staff would make them alert and would also help keep tabs on suspicious people pmc deputy commissioner zone ii jeevan sonawane said he is pleased with the initiative and appealed that similar camps be held in all the 14 ward offices in the city if you are convinced that the object is dubious vacate the place he also asked the civic employees to give the police a description of any suspicious people who they may spot and remember their vehicle numbers speaking to toi after the camp assistant commissioner of police of the cantonment division ashok gaikwad said the move is a firstofitskind to be undertaken by the police for the benefit of the conservancy staff