Urging Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to sanction a special composite package of about Rs500 crore for Haryana Police to enhance its capability and technical competence at par with that of Delhi Police, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday said the Mega - City Policing scheme of Government of India must cover Gurgaon and Faridabad, as both these cities are in unbroken urban continuation of the Capital.
Speaking at the meeting of National Integration Council presided over by the Prime Minister, in New Delhi, Hooda said Delhi’s safety and security is intimately linked to the safety and security of the NCR sub-region of Haryana, which surrounds it from three sides.
He said for effective and prompt action in the event of any disturbance, the policing in the NCR region in Haryana requires the same level of policing in terms of technology, per capita manpower, weaponry, mobility, training etc. like Delhi.
Referring to the issue of safety and security of women, Hooda said the State Government has created 12 ‘Women Police Stations’ and a number of ‘Crime against Women Cells’ at Headquarters and in districts. To curb crime against women, especially in urban areas, Police Control Room (PCR) vehicles exclusively staffed by women police officials have been deployed in each district for prevention of crime against women and to extend help to women in distress.
Hooda said that 21 additional posts of Superior Judicial Services along with staff for setting up of 21 Exclusive Courts to fast track the trials of cases of heinous crimes against women have been created. He said that Haryana Government has established “One Stop Crisis Centres for Women” (OSCC) in Gurgaon and Faridabad districts.
The Chief Minister also expressed concern over the manner in which social networking sites are spreading messages with communal overtones on incidents through video clippings. Hooda said that social networking sites such as Facebook, MMS, Twitter etc. are propagating messages instigating communal feelings. He urged the Central Government to control such social networking sites under the present legal framework.