Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat announced several schemes to better the quality of policing while addressing the policemen gathered to observe Police Commemoration Day at police lines in Dehradun on Friday. The day is observed in remembrance of 10 policemen of Central Reserve Police Forces who laid down their lives on October 21, 1959, fighting the Chinese on the borders in ladakh.
He said his Government had approved Rs 13 crore to the police department for completing the ongoing construction and equipping the Police Training Centre (PTC) at Tehri with the basic infrastructure. “The approved funds would help the centre impart training to the women sub-inspectors. This aside, the funds would be used to complete the new buildings for the police stations/police posts and the residences of policemen working there,” the CM said.
Furthermore, CM announced that the fourth class employees appointed in the police department would be paid Rs 1200 as uniform allowance per year.
The policemen held a parade led by Parade Commander ASP Tripti Bhatt by way of paying tribute to the slain security officials. On the occasion, a booklet on the martyrs was released too. This apart, wreaths were placed at the memorial plinth and silence was observed to mark the occasion.
CM assured that the state government would look after the families of the policemen slain while on duty.
He said that the police have been facing challenges from Naxalism and terrorism. “No country of the world is safe from the looming threat of
terrorism. 471 policemen across the country died and most of them were killed while fighting terrorists, a grim figure standing testimony to the courage and sacrifice of the policemen,” he said.
The Chief Minister particularly mentioned the police men guarding the state along the border.
“ The state sharing boundaries with two neighbouring countries China and Nepal and states- Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh- things are peaceful thanks to the hawk-eyed vigil being maintained by police,” he said.
He also lauded the pains being taken by the SDRF personnel in rescuing people trapped in natural calamities and giving relief to those affected by them. He said his government would do everything to further enhance the skill of the force. Present on the occasion were the state home minister Pritam Singh, cabinet minister Dinesh Aggarwal, Tehri MP Mala Rajya laxmi Shah, Rajpur Road MlA Rajkumar, state chief secretary Shatrughan Singh, DGP MA Ganapathy, principal
secretary home Umakant Panwar, ex-DGP AB lal, ADGPs- Ashok Kumar, AK Raturi and Ram Singh Meena, secretary home Vinod Sharma, IGs- GS Martolia, Amit Sinha and Deepam Seth, DM Ravinath Raman and SSP Sadanand Date.