Nilgiris police reach out to Adivasi communities in their own language Updated: Updated: Personnel recruited from the communities help in getting the message across Share Article AAA The Nilgiris police, at a community outreach and awareness programme conducted in the Nilgiris. | Photo Credit: SathyamoorthyM Personnel recruited from the communities help in getting the message across Fostering better communication with Adivasi communities in the Nilgiris, the district police are conducting awareness campaigns about COVID-19, and about crimes against women and children, in the language the communities communicate with each other. “When I used to visit Adivasi communities, it would be extremely hard to communicate with them in Tamil and we would have to use a translator to get our message across to them. This got us thinking that it would be much more effective to conduct awareness campaigns in their own language,” said Nilgiris District Superintendent of Police, V. Sasi Mohan.