The notifications of new police stations in Gurugram have been issued by the Haryana Government, sources said.
Earlier the recommendation of three new police stations had been sent to the State Government by the police department.
At present, the district has 36 police stations in three zones - East, West and South. The addition of the new stations will take the total number to 39.
A decision to this effect has been taken in view of the rapid urbanisation and industrialisation that has taken place in Gurugram.
These new police stations would be set up in Heli Mandi, DlF Phase-3 and Sector-65 in Gurugram.
last year, 10 new police stations had been opened in the city. These include New Colony, Shivaji Nagar, Sector-14, Sector-9A, Bajghera, Sector -50, Sector-53, City Sohna, Industrial Model Township, Sector-7, Manesar and Sector-37.
Heli Mandi and DlF Phase-3 police chowki's will be converted into the police stations.
Apart from this, in 2017, the state's first cyber police had also been opened in Gurugram. A case related to the cyber offences is being registered in the Cyber police station.
“The city has long required more police stations due to an alarming increase in the number of crimes over the past few years. The police station comes with trained manpower to deal with the new age crimes in the city,” a senior police officer requesting anonymity, said.
“We have written to the concerned authority to allot land or buildings for the new police station in the east zone. The locations of the new police stations will also play a role in marking the jurisdiction of each police station and changes in the jurisdiction of the existing police stations in the area,” he, said.
Sources said a recommendation of more police personnel has also been sent to the state government for new police stations. The police stations comes with trained manpower with good communication skills.