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Wednesday, Mar 16, 2005

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Two new police battalions to be formed

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, MARCH 15. The Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, today announced a slew of concessions for police personnel and new schemes including the formation of two new battalions, construction of 4,000 quarters and sanctioning of buildings and infrastructure for the proposed school of excellence.

Justifying her Government's decision to earmark Rs. 1339.33 crores in the budget for the Police Department, she said this was done to enhance the facilities of the department and take care of police welfare to ensure a peaceful atmosphere for development.

The Government decided to sanction an additional battalion for the Tamil Nadu Special Police (TSP) for providing guards to the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, banks and other vital installations at an annual expenditure of Rs.12 crores. A new TSP Battalion would be formed for the Coastal Security Group involving an annual expenditure of Rs. 8.41crores.

The Government would construct 4,000 quarters for police personnel at a cost of Rs. 173 crores. Of the 95,679 personnel in the State, 41,749 had been provided with housing. From 2001, 8,764 quarters had been constructed. District police offices would be constructed in the newly-created Karur and Krishnagiri districts at a cost of Rs. 3 crores each. The construction of the TSP administrative block, an armoury, bell of arms and separate barracks for men and women at Manimuthar would be completed at a cost of Rs. 2 crores.

The Government would earmark Rs. 5 crores this year for a building and infrastructure for the school of excellence for the children of the police personnel. An equal amount would be provided towards the corpus fund for the school.

Filling up vacancies

The Government would relax the ban on recruitments and fill 323 vacancies of ministerial staff.

Upgrading 242 posts of sub-inspector (technical) to inspector (technical), six posts of personal assistant (administration) to senior administrative officer and posts in the Police Shorthand Bureau would be done on an annual expenditure of Rs. 20.32 lakhs. The posts of 629 head constables would be upgraded as special sub-inspectors. This would cost the exchequer Rs. 2.43 crores annually.

One post of chief manager and four posts of senior manager in the State Intelligence wing, 30 additional posts of junior reporters in the Police Shorthand Bureau, 100 additional posts of Deputy Superintendent for Crime, Intelligence and new sub-divisions would be sanctioned and permanent staff for the police recruitment school at Perurani in Tuticorin district appointed at an annual expenditure of Rs. 4.30 crores.

Fifteen ex-servicemen, serving in the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad and the Dog Squad on a contract basis would be absorbed in service as permanent employees. This would cost the exchequer Rs. 18.18 lakhs a year.

The Government had earmarked Rs. 13.58 crores for replacing 350 police vehicles including cars. It would incur a maximum annual expenditure of Rs. 24 lakhs towards call charges of mobile phones of officers in the State Intelligence Wing and staff officers of the Director-General of Police.

The Protection of Civil Rights wing would be renamed Social Justice and Human Rights wing, Ms. Jayalalithaa said.

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