Overview
- Delhi Police issued a circular published Saturday, June 13, 2026, requiring district and traffic units to conduct joint foot patrols every weekend and on two additional weekdays from 5 pm to 8 pm.
- The patrols assign DCPs, additional DCPs and ACPs to remain in the field and prioritise direct engagement with residents, traders, RWAs and MWAs.
- Officers are tasked with identifying and removing temporary encroachments, tackling illegal parking and traffic bottlenecks, and inspecting vulnerable markets and public spaces.
- Each unit must prepare weekly joint patrolling plans and submit a Monday compliance report with photographs and video; the circular labels the exercise compulsory and warns of penalties for lapses.
- Reports agree the order follows directions from Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu but vary on who signed the circular, with some outlets naming Satish Golchha and others Sanjay Arora, an inconsistency that does not change the directive's requirements.