Director General (Civil Defence), Brij lal, who is going to retire this month was given a warm farewell by his Directorate and civil defence personal here on Friday morning.
The function was held at Ramadheen Singh Inter College.
Highlighting the contribution of Brij lal, particularly as head of the Civil Defence department, Joint Director (Civil Defence), Amitabh Thakur, claimed that the period spent under the guidance of Brij lal is one of the best period of his service. ``Brij lal is amongst the one of the best IPS officers of the State whom he had worked so far”, Thakur claimed while praising lal’s achievements.
later thanking all the officers for praising his contributions, Brij lal, who is also chief guest on the occasion shared his 37 and half years experience which he spent in various capacity. He remembered his Guru in IPS, late Rajdev Singh, who as Director of National Police Academy had instilled many ideals in him. He also remembered his experiences at Allahabad and lucknow where he took very strong actions against mafia elements. He talked of community policing, his endeavour to check Naxal movement in UP and his personal efforts in controlling Punjab terrorism while working as SP Piliphit. He also remembered his time spent in Railway Protection Force when he was on central deputation.
Brij lal regretted the attitude of some of new IPS officers of not moving out of AC rooms and making only grand plans on paper. He said his entire life was dedicated to serving the poor and needy and he will continue doing so even after retirement. On this occasion, 14 paid and voluntary members of Civil Defence were also presented President Medal which included Gurpreet Sethi from lucknow, Dr Komal from Moradabad, Dr Sanjeev Gulati from Gorakhpur, Neeraj Bhatnagar from Ghaziabad etc. The program was attended by all the Chief Wardens of the State.