Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ajay Chandrakar informed the Chhattisgarh Assembly on Friday that the process to reopen the sub jails in Sukma and Narayanpur districts of Bastar which were temporarily closed would commence soon.
In a written reply to Congress member Khelsai Singh, the Minister informed that the extension work for three central jails and one district jail had been completed to increase the intake capacity of the inmates while three new sub jails had been opened in the State. He said that extension work for eight jails is underway while approvals had been received for construction on 229 prisoner barracks.
Chandarkar said that construction work for 78 prisoner barracks had been completed which would take capacity to accommodate prisoners to 2160 in various jails. After completion of the remaining work, the total increase in the intake capacity of prisoners would be 3830, he said.