Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Wednesday said that the State Government would install one lakh closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in the current year to keep a close eye on all activities.
With this, the number of CCTV cameras would reach three lakh in the state. The Government will not let organised crime to grow, said the Chief Minister while addressing police officers after laying the foundation stone of ‘Haryana 100’ project, a centralized police control Room, at Panchkula, near here.
The project will be set up over 2.6 acres at a cost of Rs 153 crore.
Manohar lal exhorted the police officers to maintain law and order and not allow any kind of crime and criminals to grow in their respective areas.
He said, “Resources are adequate to meet infrastructural requirements of the Police Department to enable them to serve the people in a better way. We will also ensure deployment of such trained officials in the centralized police control room who know most of the languages spoken in the country as well as abroad.”
This will help the citizens of other states and foreigners in getting quick emergency response concerning safety and security. Police personnel to be deputed under this project would be well educated and connected with information technology, said he.
The Chief Minister also said people’s perception towards the police had changed. Police behavior towards people should be friendly and in this direction, Mitra-kaksh has been opened on a pilot basis in Karnal and Rohtak and this concept would be replicated in other districts after its success, he said.
He said the Government had decided to strengthen the police force by recruiting 4,500 constables, including 1,092 females, and fill up other vacancies of sub-inspector (both male and female) and DSPs.
In this regard, the Government had already recruited 6,100 police personnel through a transparent recruitment system (TRP) which was being appreciated by the people. Only eligible and qualified youth are being recruited, he added.
The Chief Minister further said at present, women constituted eight per cent of the total sanctioned strength of the Police Department and efforts were being made to increase it to 10 per cent by the end of this year.
“We want to enhance this figure to 33 per cent,” he added.
On this occasion, he announced the decision to give Rs 1200 in cash to the police personnel for buying woolen jacket, travelling allowance along with salary and free education facility to the wards of deceased police personnel in DAV Police Public Schools.
Manohar lal also urged the police personnel to suggest a name for the centralized police control room other than ‘Haryana 100’ or ‘Dial 100’. The best entry to be selected would get a prize of Rs 5,100.
Speaking on the occasion, the Additional Chief Secretary, Home, SS Prasad, described the day for Police Department as historical and added that after completion of this project, the image of Haryana Police would further improve.
He assured the Chief Minister that this project would be got completed before November 1, 2018.
Director General of Police, BS Sandhu informed that ‘Haryana 100’, a centralized police control room equipped with 600 vehicles, CCTV management, software and hardware systems, will also be integrated with fire services, Ambulance services, disaster management, women helpline, banking security for cash van tracking, and other intelligence inputs.
Giving details of the project, the Director General of Police, Sandhu said that the police emergency response system would give prompt, efficient, integrated and citizen-friendly emergency response to the public on issues of safety and security anytime and anywhere in the state.
Under this project, a Call Centre would receive calls from the entire state and a trained Police Dispatch Centre would direct the dedicated response vehicle to reach the location in shortest possible time.
The system would integrate citizen feedback to ensure dynamic improvements, said he.
The centralised police control room would have the facility of call centre, training centre, CCTV management, disaster management centre, health management centre, traffic management, law and order management centre among others. The building would also have rain water harvesting system, solar power panels for light and fan loads, and energy conservation code, the DGP added.