State government sanctioned more funds to facilitate more modernization in the crime branch as well as Special Task Force besides improving living and working condition for the cops particularly who were staying in barracks.
Giving this information through an official communiqué here on Wednesday evening, Principal secretary (home), Debasheesh Panda, said that the government sanctioned over Rs 1.50 crore for modernization of crime branch and Rs 9.89 crore for construction of new office for STF. He said that out of Rs 1.50 crore for crime branch modernization, Rs 1.30 crore is for purchase of Photostat-fax machines, digital cameras, Voice logger, Audio-Video recorders, generator etc and remaining for purchase of vehicles.
Panda further said that to provide better work and living environment to police personnel, they would also construct hostels in 45 police stations in ten districts. He said that the government has allotted Rs 12.72 crore to police headquarters for this. He claimed that the hostels with capacity of 12 cops each, would be constructed in lalitpur, Moradabad, Bijnor, Hathras, Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Mainpuri, Agra, Mathura, Jhansi and Etawah districts.