Haryana to recruit 10,000 more police personnel

 by Haryananewswire (Balbir)

CHANDIGARH, JULY 10

The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, said that to strengthen policing and law and order in the state, 10,000 more police personnel would be recruited.

            Mr Hooda was speaking at a function after inaugurating a Mega Police Housing Complex in Police Lines of Gurgaon today. The Complex consists of 364 multi storey houses built at a cost of Rs 52.89 crore by Haryana Police Housing Corporation. In this Mega Housing Complex, there are 13 Towers, each 8 storeyed having stilt for car parking and 7 floors. Each floor has four houses and hence each tower has 28  houses. One tower with 28 houses has been constructed for N.G.O’s (Non Gazetted officers), that is, for Assistant Sub Inspectors and Sub Inspectors. Remaining 12 Towers have been constructed for Constables and Head Constables. Fire fighting system has been provided in each tower as per norms. Six gensets have been provided for essential services such as lifts and fire fighting.

            He urged Haryana Police that it should have such a credibility that its work becomes an example all over the country. Haryana today is a leading state in the field of per capita investment, per capita income, sports, agriculture, education etc. In the same way, in the field of police administration also, the work of Haryana Police should be cited as an example.

            Mr Hooda said that during last seven years, 7375 new constables have been recruited, besides 267 Sub Inspectors and 664 India Reserve Battalion (IRB) personnel. Ten percent posts in police have been reserved for women, as a result of which there are 2203 women personnel in Haryana police. In addition, 3 percent posts have also been reserved for outstanding sports persons.

He said that Haryana Police is performing well but still they have capacity to do better. I feel, police should win trust of the general masses, so that it could get more support from them for controlling crime. This will help improve the image of police. Mr Hooda said that we will provide all facilities to the police and arrange for the education of their children but they must ensure that law and order situation in the state remains up to mark. Referring to Gurgaon, he said that it is a pride city of Haryana, therefore, it is very important that police administration in Gurgaon should be such that not only the people get better services, but crime also remains under control.

            Haryana Director General of Police Mr Ranjiv Singh Dalal said that the work of police is full of risks and the life of policeman always passes in tension. He hardly gets time to be with his family. By providing this housing complex, the state government has tried to give the police personnel a better life. About Gurgaon he said that it has become a mega city today. A number of steps have been taken to strengthen police administration. With the deployment of IRB personnel after training, police arrangements will be further strengthened.

The Managing Director of Haryana police Housing Corporation, Mr B S Sandhu gave details of the housing projects being carried on in Sonepat, Palwal and Manesar ( Gurgaon) and other places.

On this occasion, Minister of State for Sports Mr Sukhbir Kataria, MLAs Mr Vinod Sharma and Rao Dharampal, Ex MLA Dharambir Gaba, Home Secretary Sameer Mathur, Divisional Commissioner T K Sharma, Gurgaon Mayor Vimal Yadav. Police Commissioner K K Sindhu, Deputy Commissioner P C Meena, Municipal Commissioner Sudhir Rajpal, HUDA Administrator Dr Praveen Kumar and a number of other officers were present.