Police personnel performing duties on holidays and during festivals in Jharkhand will be getting extra allowance for the day after the next budget. Chief Minister Raghubar Das while addressing a gathering during Ornamentation cum State Foundation Day ceremony at JAP -I ground in Ranchi also announced that every district of the State will be equipped with modern PCR and Highway Patrol van very soon during the next financial year.
The CM also inaugurated of 43 newly built buildings and Police Stations constructed by JPHCl and Investigation Training School in Ranchi through online.
“The Government will make provisions in the next Budget that cops who perform their duties on festivals and holidays will be getting extra allowance against it,” said the CM. The Government, according to Das, was making all efforts to be more sensitive towards the police department.
“This Government will always be present in the support of police personnel and their family members as well, only thing you have to do is to perform your duties honestly,” said the Chief Minister.
The CM added that modernising security arrangements for this State was the responsibility of this Government and there will be no shortfall of modern infrastructure for the police force in this state.
Adding that peace and development are the two wheels of the same chariot, the Chief Minister said that commendable work has been done by the police department to curb the criminal activities in this state.
Appealing the rebels to come back to the mainstream, the CM said that police to some extent have succeeded in keeping a control over Naxal activities.
Expressing condolences towards those policemen who died while performing their duties to serve the state, the CM ensured to provide all possible support to their family members.
“Officials and staff of all departments in the State Government are working as a team so that the state could be counted among the developed states in the Country,” Das said. Making the state developed and protected is our responsibility hence, we should all perform our duties honestly, he said.
DGP DK Pandey during his speech also ensured that Naxalism will be rooted out completely from this state and also promised to fulfill all the vacant posts of Anti- Corruption Bureau in the state within next 30 days.
“I request 31000 ex-servicemen of the Indian Army to join Jharkhand Police in the district of their choice and become a part of the development of this state,” said the DGP. Pandey also promised to form Special Task Force (STF) on the lines of Grayhounds within 30 days to tackle the menace of Naxalism in the state.
To mark the occasion, the CM also facilitated 60 policemen with President’s Medal, Gallantry Award and letter of appreciation to them. The CM also flagged off patrolling vehicles for Jamshedpur.
Four minute movie each on Accident Response and Medical Assistance Ranchi (ARMAR) and Child Friendly Police Stations was also unveiled at the occasion.
Additional Chief Secretary N. N. Pandey, DGP D. K. Pandey, A.D. G. Rezi Dundung, Anurag Gupta, Ajay Bhatnagar, S.N. Pradhan along with the other senior police officials were also present during the occasion.