vadodara gujarat home department has decided to go a step further to bridge the gap between public and police and improve coordination the department has decided to launch an ambitious scheme wherein the police will start sports clubs across the state under suraksha setu project ssp the idea is to engage people regularly and thereby improve the information network the government is also eyeing to prevent any rise of leftwing extremism in the tribal areas through this initiative s k nanda additional chief secretary home department said on sunday that the blue print for the project has been prepared the initiative will be handled by gujarat dgp p c thakur who has made the blueprint it will take a few months before we launch the project nanda told toi under the initiative the government will start horse riding clubs shooting ranges archery academies and adventure sports in different parts of the state archery academies will be started in tribal belt from dang to aravalli to engage the tribals the tribals are very talented in archery and their skill can be tapped through such academies their energy will get positive flow and help them get employment as well nanda said the government wants to focus on women and train them in shooting and other activities nanda said such activities will improve womens confidence and also help them in fighting crimes the ssp intends to cover women youth senior citizens and children as well why should people travel all the way to northern parts of the country when we can offer trekking and mountaineering facilities in aravalli ranges we will provide the equipment and funds for adventure sports too nanda added the ssp was launched by the state government in 2012 to give a human face to the police and creating a feeling of trust among citizens the home department has organized several programmes under ssp across the state in the last two years