'Don't trouble poor vendors' -- this was the advice given by lieutenant governor Tejinder Khanna today to Delhi Police personnel on the occasion of 65th Raising Day of the force.

He also asked police personnel to develop "good rapport" with common man so as to encourage them to cooperate and share information regarding suspicious people in their locality.

Addressing the personnel after receiving salute at the Raising Day parade, Khanna said, "We are hearing about the problems faced by roadside vendors that police personnel harass them by asking for money.

"We keep hearing that policemen harass them asking them whether they have permission from municipal authorities. They are working for earning their livelihood. Don't extort money from them. Don't put pressure on them."

Noting that Delhi being the capital face tremendous hostility from anti-Indian forces, he said common man's participation should be ensured in intelligence gathering.

"For that, you need to gain their confidence. Common man should feel that they need to help. You have to create that atmosphere," the Governor told the police personnel.

Delhi Police commissioner B K Gupta said the force had given a "befitting" reply to terrorists by smashing a module of Indian Mujahideen, which was involved in a series of blasts in the capital and other places in the country.

He also said more than 80 per cent of the 5,200 houses to be built for police personnel in Dheerpur will be allotted to constabulary.

The Rs 1,500 crore project is expected to be finished in the next four years and once completed, this will result in ensuring that 25 per cent of the over 83,000 Delhi Police personnel will get official accommodation. Currently, this figure is at 18 per cent.

Gupta said the company which has won the contract for executing the project will carry out maintenance work of the buildings in Dheerpur for the next 25 years.

He said the residential campus will have a shopping complex and school among other facilities.