Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Tuesday said that Haryana Control of Organized Crime Act (HRCOCA) will be implemented to check organised crime in the State and Haryana Police Rules would soon be enacted.
Manohar lal while speaking at the passing out parade at Recruitment Training Center (RTC) Bhondsi in district Gurgaon said, “Soon, separate Haryana Police Rules will be enacted as at present the Haryana police is functioning as per Punjab Police Rules, 1934.”
The Chief Minister took salute from the contingents of constables at the march-past as 994 recruit constables joined their ranks in Haryana police. In this batch, most of the recruits were either ex-servicemen or their dependants.
Manohar lal said that Yoga will be made a part of training of the police constables for keeping them physically and mentally fit.
The Chief Minister also mentioned about the ‘Vyayamashallyen’ proposed to be set up in villages and said that police department should help in making these operational.
He directed the police to behave in a friendly manner with the general public saying that it would help in making the state free from menace of drugs and corruption.
Manohar lal reiterated that women police stations would be opened in all districts of the state by the festival of Rakshabandan for which 500 women constables would be recruited. In addition, 5,000 police personnel (male) would also be recruited.
He said that for overcoming the shortage of investigation officers, 200 sub-inspectors would also be recruited so that investigation of crime cases could be expedited. The police recruitments would be made on the basis on Transparent Recruitment Policy (TRP).
In the next three years, 3060 new houses would be constructed for police personnel at a cost of `550 crore. During the same period, police-public schools would be opened in all the districts of the State, he added.
The Chief Minister also pointed out that after BJP Government came to power in Haryana, three such schools have been opened in Sonepat, Bhiwani and Panchkula, taking the number of such schools to 11 where about 9,000 children were receiving quality education.
He said that police personnel would be provided 500 additional motorcycles so as to more efficiently control traffic and reduce the number of causalities in road accidents.
A Road Safety Fund would also be created for improving traffic management system. Fifty per cent of the amount collected by police from traffic rule violators would be deposited into this fund and it would be utilised for curtailing the road accidents.
The Chief Minister also expressed concern about the earthquake victims in Nepal and said that one battalion of IRB would be trained in disaster management.
In case of natural calamities, this battalion will be deployed to help the victims within the state and also in other parts of the country.
Manohar lal added that besides the Forensic Science laboratory (FSl) in Madhuban, two Regional FSls were being set up at Bhondsi and Sunaria.
On the occasion, the Chief Minister also honoured those recruits who had excelled during the training. Recruit constable Rakesh Kumar was the parade commander and Jaivir was second parade commander.