Chhattisgarh police is working in the country’s one of the most challenging circumstances and fighting a tough war against Naxalism, stated Chief Minister Raman Singh.
Whether it is the task of ensuring security for ongoing developmental works or providing logistic support including ration for security personnel deployed in worst insurgency-hit districts of Chhattisgarh, the State police is performing its duty brilliantly , he said.
The Chief Minister was speaking at the convocation parade of trainee police officials in Chhattisgarh State Police Academy at Chandkhuri on Sunday.
On the occasion, Singh took the salute of passing out parade of 43 Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) and four district commandants. Before sending these 47 officials in districts for practical training, they will be subjected to intense training in Kanker-based Counter Terrorism and Jungle Warfare College (CTJWC).
The responsibility of maintaining law and order as well as security, countering terrorism, Naxal violence and taking developmental works ahead will be on their shoulders, said Singh while making an appeal to these officials to discharge their duties with alertness and devotion.
He further said that inclusion of young and trained police officers is going to enrich the state police with new energy. The Chhattisgarh Government is taking every possible step for equipping the state police with modern resources. During the formation of Chhattisgarh, strength of the state police was around 20,000 which has presently reached to over 70,000 personnel.
Citing the rough terrain and difficult working environment in worst Naxal-hit Bastar region, the Chief Minister said police protection is needed even for undertaking construction work as well as for ensuring ration to people in the region.
Referring to the statement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Singh said “police should be smart. Police should be strict and responsive, modern and dynamic, conscious and responsible, reliable and quick to respond, trained and versed in the use of modern technology.”
The State Government is making continuous efforts to bring national-level instructors in the State Police Academy for training of officials, Singh said.
The programme was attended by In-charge Home Minister Ajay Chandrakar, MlA from Aarang Naveen Markandey, Principal Secretary (Home) B V R Subrahmanyam, Director General of Police (DGP) A N Upadhyay, Director General of Prosecution and FSl M W Ansari, retired IPS officials including S K Paswan and Rajeev Mathur, Director of the Academy Anand Tiwari and other officials.
