Split hit police infrastructure: Andhra Pradesh DGP JV Ramudu

Vijayawada: Director General of Police (DGP) J.V. Ramudu said the Andhra Pradesh police force is facing several challenges due to loss of infrastructure facilities like AP Police Academy, Greyhounds Training Academy and organisations like Octopus, FSL, along with manpower, after the bifurcation of the state.

Speaking to mediapersons here on Monday, he said though bifurcation was done two years ago, several issues are still pending to be resolve before the Centre. Recently, the AP police submitted all the issues to the Centre at a meeting held in New Delhi.

"Now, there is no space either for infrastructure or to train the personnel. The division of APSP has not been completed yet and Andhra Pradesh should get nearly 3,000 staff as per the AP Reorganisation Act. The police department has several setbacks but its performance is satisfactory," he said.

There are nearly 16,000 posts vacant in the police department and the government approved sanction for 6,000 posts. The Anantapur police training centre has been changed as a temporary police training academy, till a new academy would take shape, he said.

He said the CRPF centre would be established at Agiripalli in Krishna district and that, the AP police already requested the Centre to allot additional staff for it.

Nearly 7,000 people died in road accidents last year, he said and added that drunken driving would be punished severely, apart from increasing a check on it.

The DGP also said that nearly 33,000 police staff would be deployed for Krishna Pushkaralu in Andhra Pradesh.  The state had requested the Centre and neighboring states like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Orissa for additional forces. The police would take all measures to prevent occurrence of untoward incidents, with experience gained from Godavari Pushkaralu.