Irregularities in salaries of inspectors, sub-inspectors and other policemen as compared to other Government employees will be rectified. This aside, allowances for nutritionand laundry for policemen have also been hiked by 50 per cent. This was announced by the Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat after he paid tributes at police line on Tuesday in memory of the policemen who had laid down their lives in line of duty. He also pledged to raise the amount meant for the police welfare fund from Rs one and half crore to Rs four crore. Police Memorial Day was observed at the Police line on Tuesday. The day is observed to commemorate the supreme sacrifice of the 10 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel who encountered the Chinese invaders on the northern borders in ladakh in 1959 and laid down their lives, fighting gallantly the alien aggressors. Chief Minister and other dignitaries present placed a wreath at the memorial plaque.
He announced to enhance various allowances for the police personnel, including an increase in nutrition allowance and laundry by 50 per cent, from the rank of fourth class to the gazetted officers.
The Chief Minister has announced to form a committee consisting of principal secretary (home)/ secretary, DGP/ADGP/IG to take care of the concerns of the bereaved families of policemen who had sacrificed lives on the altar of the nation’s internal security. Such committee may hold a meeting after every three or four years.
He paid tributes to those policemen too who sacrificed their life while executing their duty to maintain order in the State. The country is facing serious threats from multiple sources like from the Naxalites and terrorists operating from outside the border. Uttarakhand is a sensitive State being flanked by international boundaries with Nepal and China aside from state boundaries with Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. Uttarakhand police is capable of foiling any design of the miscreants.
Irregularities in salaries of inspectors, sub-inspectors and assistant sub-inspectors in comparison to other government employees will be redressed on the lines of the Sixth Pay Commission soon. A committee will be formed consisting of principal secretary (finance), principal secretary (home) and DGP. The members will study the case and will submit the report within three months, he added.
The Chief Minister has announced Rs one crore for improving infrastructure in four police modern schools at Haridwar, Dehradun, 40th battalion of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) and 31stbattalion of PAC, Rudrapur wherein around 1900 policemen’s children are studying.
Director General of Police BS Sidhu said 662 police personnel were martyred in India this year of whom 16 were from the Uttarakhand Police.
They are sub inspector Amar Singh Rawat, Constable Jitendra SIngh Rawat, Head constbale Anil Kumar, Manendra Singh Bhandari, Traffic police Ajay Prata Singh, fireman Shashirya Rai, head constable Veerendra lal, fireman Pavan Kumar, cosntbale Surendra Singh, constbale Kailash Verma, head constbale Bhajan Ram, head constble Vikram Singh, Chandan Ram, Narayan Singh, constable Jeevan Kumar and head constbale Prem Chandra Sati.
Dwelling glowingly on the monumental sacrifice made on the day, the DIG PHQ (law and order) SK Shukla said the security personnel had fought with ordinary weapons against the self-loading rifles and mortars of the Chinese and embraced death without budging a bit from the call of duty.
Others present on the occasion were ex Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Uttarakhand Agriculture Minister Harak Singh Rawat, Sports Minister Dinesh Aggarwal, Tourism Minister Dinesh Dhaney, ex-Vidhan Sabha Speaker Harbans Kapur, Rajpur Road MlA Rajkumar, Bheem lal Arya, Narendra Jeet Singh Bindra, Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar and Principal Secretary (home) MH Khan.