Proposals for establishment of 15 new police stations and upgrading of 11 outposts to PSs are under active consideration of the State Government now, informed Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in response to a question of Congress MlA Chandra Sekhar Majhi on Monday.
The proposed police stations are Sadar PS at Tubey in Angul district, Sadar PS and Airport PS in Jharsguda, lamtaput PS in Koraput, Ambapua PS in Brahmapur, Rural PS at Pattamundai in Kendrapada district, Sadar Police Station, Dhenkanal, Subdega PS In Sundargarh, Khandagiri Traffic PS, Bhubaneswar, Traffic PS at Buxibazaar, Paga PS (Salepur block) and Traffic PS at Mangurli in Cuttack district.
The Chief Minister said there is no proposal for establishment of any fire station in the State. However, he said information is being collected for establishment of new courts.
In response to a related question put by Congress MlA Bhujabal Majhi, the Chief Minister informed that the a total of 629 police stations, 331 police outposts and 124 town police outposts are now operating in the State.