Union Home Ministry on Thursday released a list of the top 10 police stations in India for the year 2020. Nongpok police station in Manipur topped the first followed by Suramnagalam AWPS in Tamil Nadu and Kharsang police station in Arunachal Pradesh in the 2020’s top 10 police stations in the country.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in a statement said that 2020’s survey for the best police station was done by MHA under “challenging circumstances” due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. It also said that Home Minister Amit Shah had noted that a “vast majority” of police stations shortlisted for the list were from small towns and rural areas.
Top 10 police stations award started in 2015 as per suggestion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the DGPs conference. The best police stations were selected from a total of 16,671 police stations on certain parameters, said MHA. “From these, 75 police stations were selected for the next stage, out of which 10 were selected as the country’s best police stations. A total of 4,065 respondents participated in the survey,’ said MHA.
The fourth best police station award was given to Jhilmili police station in Chhattisgarh, followed by Sanguem in Goa, Kalighat in Andaman, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Pakyong in Sikkim, Kanth in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, Khanvel in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Jammikunta Town police station in Karimnagar, Telangana.