The Principal Secretary Home and Jails, Umakant Panwar flagged off new vehicles purchased by the Jail department at Suddhowala jail premises on Tuesday.
The officer also inspected the facilities and condition of the inmates on the occasion. The senior jail superintendent Suddhowala BP Pandey informed that Panwar visited the teaching and vocational courses being run in the campus.
During the visit he assured that the process construction of new barracks, appointment of doctors and recruitment of deputy jailers is being expedited. Panwar said that the action on issues like increase in remuneration of inmates and initiation of prison reform programes would also be considered.
He asked the officials to prepare proposals for purchase of more vehicles. The Inspector General (IG) Jails PVK Prasad, Chief Finance Officer Virendra Rawat and other senior officers accompanied the Principal Secretary during his visit.