40 MPs to inspect Police HQ on Monday

About 40 parliamentarians -- including the members of Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC) on the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) — will visit the Delhi Police Headquarters on Monday. They will visit the police control rooms and CPCR installed on third and fourth floors of the 13-storey building located at Central Delhi to see the work of police. They will also visit Jama Masjid Police Station in Central Delhi. 

Standing committee consists of members from both Houses of Parliament. It is a permanent and regular committee which is constituted from time to time according to the provisions of an Act of Parliament or Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business. According to senior police officers, the standing committee will inspect the police headquarters to know the actual requirement of the force, which includes several high-tech equipment and gadgets. “They will also see the requirements for the betterment of the police personnel. A presentation will be given to them at the conference room when they will visit the CPCR located on third and fourth floor of the building,” an officer told The Pioneer.

The Delhi Police has been demanding sanction for the recruitment of 40,000 police personnel into the force to meet the ever-increasing demands of policing and other needs related to the safety and security of vital installations and VVIPs. Sources said at least 13 proposals, which include recruitment of 4,000 investigating officers, 20,000 women personnel, are pending with the Finance Ministry. 

They are expected to be cleared after the PSC members’ visit to the Delhi Police headquarters. The members will also be briefed about the demands of the Delhi Police in the recommendations of seventh pay commission.The parliamentarians are expected to arrive around 10 am and scheduled to stay for two hours. The members are also scheduled to visit Jama Masjid Police Station in central Delhi. They will meet the police station staffs and hear their problems as well. Thereafter, they will go to Officers’ Mess at Sham Nath Marg at Civil lines area for lunch.