Uttar Pradesh government has chalked out a detailed project to improve the infrastructure of the police department under the modernization of police department in the state so as to it one of the best in police force the country by next year. “We are taking all possible steps to ensure that police to reach the spot of crime within 15 minutes. It should in fact reach there before ambulances reached there,” Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said during a function here on Sunday when he honoured 99 women including 60 acid attack victims.
Though CM said it is a big task to appoint around 22,000 drivers who can drive police cars, still we are trying our best to ensure that reaction time of police was least. While giving the outline of the project State principal Secretary (Home) Devashish Panda, said that Government Order (GO) to purchase 1000 new vehicles for police station would be issued within a day. “At least two vehicles would be given to each rural police stations so that they can reach the crime place within shortest possible time,' he said.
He said online FIR registration has started under Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) project and by mid of 2015-16 all the police stations would be linked with it.' To sort out the problem of electricity shortage 250 police stations in the rural areas would have solar backup for which Rs 60 crore has been sanctioned. “Each police station would have two CCTV cameras to track the activities inside the police station which will given live feed to the in-charge of that thana about the activities of the cops,” Panda said.
Panda said that to control crimes in the state, Dial 100 which is successfully working in lucknow and some other cities would be expanded to all the districts of the state. He said to implement Dial 100 project government has sanctioned Rs 300 crores and the project is expected to be completed by February 2016. Besides, he said that integrated traffic management system at all the cities and Highway patrolling are the two other mega projects of the UP government to be implemented very soon.
Giving further details about police modernization programme, Principal Secretary (Home) said a new police building is coming up in the Gomti Nagar Extension in the state capital at a cost of Rs 50 crore. A modern commando training institute of the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) would come up near Amausi airport in lucknow at the cost of Rs 30 crores. Panda said that 40,000 police constables and 4000 sub-inspectors have been appointed by the government while another 40,000 constables and 2500 sub-inspectors would be appointed in the next financial year. He said by next financial year,government will inaugurate 650 projects of police housing and other infrastructure.