Police should deal with drug peddlers with the same yardstick as murderers said CM Harish Rawat while speaking on the occasion of the Passing out Parade of the trainee Sub Inspectors on Monday.
He said that in many ways these peddlers of drugs are more dangerous than murderers as they play with the lives of many people. Rawat said that the incidences of substance abuse are increasing in the State and the effective policing could check this menace. He said Uttarakhand Police with its actions should inculcate a fear in the minds of the drug peddlers. The CM offered all possible help to the police in tackling the drug menace in the State. Heaping praises on the State police, he said that due to effective policing, the State of Uttarakhand enjoys a tag of a peaceful State. Rawat added that the efforts of State police ensured that the improbable task of holding Char Dham Yatra within a year of Kedarnath disaster. He said that the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) has proved its worth and the State aims to make it one of the top disaster response forces in the country. On a cautionary note, Rawat said that new challenges are propping up for the police and they should be tackled by evolving continuously. Congratulating the trainee SI for putting up a spectacular parade the CM hoped that the shortage of middle level officers in the State police force would be removed by induction of biggest batch ever of Sub Inspectors. He declared that the fund for the police welfare would be doubled all the cases relating to appointments on compassionate grounds would be done in next three months.
Home Minister of Uttarakhand Pritam Singh also congratulated the young officers and said that they need to work hard to tackle crime and ensure effective policing. In his address State Director General Police MA Ganapathy said that the State police is undertaking many district specific programme with the participation of people. He informed that 935 missing children were tracked by the State police under operation Smile programme.