Punjab Government has decided to set up two separate Committees for streamlining the system of providing security and security vehicles to officials and non-officials, and other to eliminate discrepancies in the recent notification on reallocation of villages to police stations in order to abolish halqa system.
Both committees would be headed by the state Additional Chief Secretary (Home) NS Kalsi.
The decision was taken after the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh had taken cognizance of reports in some sections of the media that provision of security and security vehicles to officials and non-officials was not based on any prudent norms.
The reports suggested that there was no rational policy in this regard, thus causing avoidable financial loss to the State, said the spokesperson.
“To check and control this avoidable expenditure and maintain desirable security standards in the State, it had decided to set up a Committee headed by ACS (Home) with DG (Intelligence) and ADGP (Security) as members. The Committee has been tasked with clearly detailing norms for provision of security and security vehicles to various officials and non-officials in the State,” said the spokesperson.
The other committee would have DGP (Provisioning) VK Bhawra and IGP (headquarters) Jatinder Singh Aulakh as its members, said the spokesperson, adding that it had been asked to submit its report within a month.
The decision to set up this committee was taken in view of various representations received from the residents of villages who said that their villages had been attached to certain police stations though they were located close to other police stations which was causing them extreme inconvenience and hardship.