State police force would soon have their own building to house director general of police office as well as other important wings of the Department under one roof. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is likely to lay the foundation stone of the `Signature Building’ in Gomati Nagar Extension on coming Monday.
According to an official communiqué of the police department released on Tuesday evening, state government allotted 10 acres of land in Gomati Nagar extension and sanctioned over Rs 63 crore for the purpose. For construction of the multi-storey high tech building for the police department which had all latest gadgets including a roof-top helipad, government would sanction budget phase-wise. In the first phase, government sanctioned Rs 47.50 crore for the building. State government also made a contract with Nabi Mumbai based `Ms Stup Consultant Private limited’. However, the nodal agency for the construction will be Rajkiya Nirmal Nigam.
The release further said that besides DGP office, the other main offices which would be shifted to the Signature Building included Police Head-Quarter, UP Police Recruitment and Promotional Board, Rules and Manuals, PAC head-quarter, PAC Central and East Zone offices, Training Directorate, Anti-Corruption Establishment,
Traffic Directorate, Special Investigation Team office, Fire Services Directorate, Special Enquiry, Government Railway Police, Human, Right, Technical Services, Economic Offence Wing, Cooperative, Prosecution, State Crime Record Bureau, Food Cell, Special Protection Battalion, Crime Investigation Department, Security Directorate etc.