Police say two teams will cover the corridor between eleven at night and five in the morning, following nine reported incidents in three weeks.
Two additional patrol teams have been assigned to the Kalyanpur corridor after nine thefts were reported there over three weeks.
The incidents were concentrated between midnight and four in the morning, along the stretch where streetlighting has been intermittent since the monsoon.
A parallel request has gone to the municipal body to restore lighting on the affected stretch, which residents have raised at two consecutive ward meetings.
Ajeet covers civic works and city planning for KANews.in. He has reported from Kanpur for nine years.
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