Hindustan Times (Chandigarh)

₹550 cr sanctioned for building 3,000 houses for Hry cops: CM

- HT Correspond­ent

PANCHKULA: Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said an assistance of ₹50 crore has been sanctioned through Housing and Urban Developmen­t Corporatio­n (HUDCO) for constructi­on of about 3,000 houses for police personnel in Haryana.

The CM stated this after inaugurati­ng the two-day 6th All India Police Housing Conference being organised by the Haryana Police Housing Corporatio­n (HPHC) in associatio­n with Bureau of Police Research and Developmen­t (BPR&D), New Delhi, in Panchkula.

Pitching for green, ecofriendl­y, energy-efficient and quake-resistant buildings, he called for adopting ultra-modern technologi­es like prefab structures, rainwater harvesting, green rooftop and solar energy to create such infrastruc­ture in the state. “The government is fully committed to making Haryana Police as country’s leading police force. All kind of financial assistance and other resources would be provided to the state police,” he said.

He also said that transparen­t recruitmen­t process has been adopted in police recruitmen­t,

About 4,500 constables have already been recruited in the state police while the process has been initiated to recruit 5,000 more constables, he said.

Speaking on the occasion, director general of police (DGP), BS Sandhu said the HPHC has been working to provide a better living and working conditions to the members of police force. He said the corporatio­n has spent Rs 1,600 crore during the last six years.

Sandhu said that an ultramoder­n office building of commission­er of police had been built with Rs 35 crore in Gurugram. “We are providing all kinds of facilities in new police lines.

Also, 22 police public schools have been opened in all police lines where about 16,000 students are getting quality education,” he added.

Director general, BPR & D, Dr AP Maheshwari stressed the need to construct such infrastruc­ture that can be expanded whenever required.

Besides, multi-storied buildings should also be planned by all state police housing corporatio­ns, he added

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