To ensure smooth law and order situation in the state, Chief Secretary Rajive Kumar on Thursday directed the police brass to beef up night patrol besides deploying more female staff at every police station for immediate and transparent solution of complaints pertaining to women. Kumar gave these directions while reviewing law and order situation in lucknow on Thursday afternoon.
The top bureaucrat also directed to run a special campaign from October 3 to 18 for availing better transport facilities in the cities. “Along with diversion, encroachments should be removed from every marked crossing to relieve the common people of traffic congestion,” he said.
The top official further directed that a plan be prepared to transparently fill up the approved vacant posts in the Police department by December, 2017.
Kumar further emphasised the need of organising free health camps in Police lines for providing better medical facilities for families of police personnel and for establishing advanced methodology lab in every regional headquarters of Police department. He also underlined the need for completing construction work of eight forensic laboratories on a priority. The Chief Secretary said that purchase of 1600 motorcycles for UP 100 service be done as per the rule and be made available in all the city units. He stressed on publicising E-FIR system. “Immediate action be taken to open Fast Track courts in 20 districts in the first round to solve pending disputes, heinous crimes, crimes against women and also to complete the remaining work of marking land as per requirement for the construction of Women Police Battalion in lucknow,” said Kumar.
Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar, DGP Sulkhan Singh and other senior officers were also present in the meeting.