Having established two mega power units at Jharli village in Jhajjar district to cope with the power shortage, the State Government is now mulling over to set up a Police University in Matanhale village of this district to facilitate special training and research for bringing significant reforms in the performance and training programmes of Haryana Police.
Additional Chief Secretary (Home), Sameer Mathur and Director General of Police N.Vashisth along with other prominent officials recently visited Matanhale village to explore the possibility of establishing first Police University of the State.
The ACS and the DGP also held a meeting with Jhajjar district administrative officials and discussed vital aspects of the project. They also inspected the proposed site for the university and issued some directives to the administration.
Earlier, the district administrative officials led by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ajit Balaji Joshi apprised both the ACS and the DGP of preparation being made for the purpose.
The officials also interacted with the villagers during their visit. The Jhajjar DC Ajit Balaji Joshi told The Pioneer that the university would be established in 300 acres on the Dadri-Matanhale road here and preparations hav ealready begun.
“The ACS and the DGP had come here to inspect the proposed land and the preparation besides discussing some significant features of this mega proposal. They also received information about the map and other facts provided by the Revenue Department in connection with the land,” said Joshi, adding that the top officials had also shared some important points with the local authorities. The DC informed that Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had announced to set up a major Police Institute at Matanhale village during a public meeting at the village last year.
Thereafter, Home and Police Departments, Haryana, worked out on the announcement and gave their green signal to establish a Police University at Matanhale village, he added.
Member of Parliament Deepender Hooda said the Police University would turn out to be helpful in carrying out modern research in police affairs besides bringing a noteworthy improvement in training programmes of Haryana Police. Except Haryana, its nearby States would also be able to get benefit of the university, he added. The MP said the state government was vowed to overall growth of Haryana and the Police University would be another milestone in the development of the State.