With a view to enabling police to provide better services to people under the ‘Mo Sarkar’ initiative, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday sanctioned an additional contingency fund of Rs 17.5 crore for the 587 police stations of the State.
A monthly amount of Rs 40,000 would be provided to 44 police stations under the Twin City Police Commissionerate, Rs 30,000 to 142 police stations in other urban areas and Rs 20,000 to 351 police stations in rural areas, a release from the Chief Minister’s office said.
Similarly, four Mahila police stations, five Traffic police stations, 15 Railway police stations, four Cyber police stations, one Economic Offences police station, one STF police station, one HRPC police station and one Crime Branch police station would receive Rs 30,000 per month while Rs 20,000 per month would be provided to 18 Marine police stations, the release added.