Belagavi: State police chief Rupak Kumar Dutta has said that the police are in the process of setting up counseling cells in every district for the help police staff cope with depression.
The Director General and Inspector General of Police admitted that the nature of police duty is 24x7 and many personnel go through tough situations, which might lead them to depression.
Speaking to reporters at Khanapur, near Belagavi on Friday, he however advised the police staff to perform their duties carefully and refrain from taking extreme steps.
While highlighting the rising pressure on police department, he said the department was facing severe shortage of staff nation-wide, as it had not been possible to achieve the designated ratio of 250 police personnel for every one lakh population. According to him, the country's current ratio is 125 police personnel for every lakh population.
However, he said in spite of the huge gap, the police officers were managing the show due to their effective time management.
Accepting a suggestion from a family member of the police in Khanapur, he assured the families of the staff that he will suggest the government to revise the process of supply of ration to the police families, instead of Rs 400 monthly allowance.
11,000 staff quarters:
Dutta said his department would build 11,000 thousand staff quarters by 2020, which would help accommodate 70 per cent of the police staff. All old and dilapidated staff quarters buildings in the state would be demolished and new ones would be constructed in the coming days, he assured.
Bangladeshi immigrants:
Commenting on the rising number of illegal Bangladesh immigrants in the state, he said, the police would take up suo-motu action against infiltrators from neighbouring countries. Already 12 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants were arrested in Belagavi and investigation was on to arrest many others who were staying allegedly in various parts of Belagavi and Vijayapura districts.
Replying a question on a case of computer hacking in which allegedly Pakistan-based hackers were involved at Anjuman –E- Islam polytechnic at Hubballi on Wednesday night, the DG said he would order soon for an inquiry into it through the state cyber crime cell. It may be noted that the message in the hacked website of the institute ended saying “doodh mangoge tho khir denge, Kashmir mangoge tho chir denge.”
Traffic management centre opens in Belagavi
Those violating traffic rules in Belagavi beware, they would be served notice at their homes. According to Director General and Inspector General of Police Rupak Kumar Dutta any vehicle-user violating the traffic rules in Belagavi will now be served a notice at his door step, thanks to a high-tech Traffic Management Centre launched in Belagavi.
Notices to the violators will be served automatically based on the clippings of closed-circuit high-definition cameras installed at most of traffic circles and street corners in the city, the DG&IGP said.
After launching the centre at Camp here on Friday, he said the police personnel could keep tabs on the entire city's traffic movement sitting at the Centre and also control the vehicular traffic by making announcement through microphones.
At least 16 personnel will be managing the Centre in two shifts every day, he said. The state police chief also said the department had received a sum of Rs 6.5 crore for construction of a police commissionerate building in Belagavi and it was in the process of finalising suitable land.
All SPs in the state have been directed to compulsorily grant a day's off to every personnel in a week or else compensate the same with an allowance, he added.
