Min visits Tala Bridge, says delay in clearance from rlys holding up work
KOLKATA: Kolkata Police has decided to upgrade the arms and accessories for the Commando force in order to counter any terror attack.
According to sources, a tender has been floated on November 24 to buy 200 pairs of anti-skid boots, two corner shot guns, 20 laser fitted aiming device for Glock pistols, AKMS rifle fitted with laser based aiming device, made in Bulgaria, night vision binoculars, gas masks hands free communication device and a special kind of gloves.
Among the items mentioned in the tender, the corner shot CSM gun is manufactured by the Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
This corner shot gun was invented by the Israeli Defense Forces which became very popular across the world. It was found very much useful while conducting hostage rescue operations as the operator does not need to reveal his positioning for firing.
A high-resolution video camera and monitor is fitted with the gun using which the operator can see the position of the targets and neutralise them without getting visible to the armed criminals. Also the cameras are equipped with night vision. This apart, Kolkata Police has ordered laser fitted aiming devices for the Glock 17 and Glock 19 pistols which are already being used by the city police Commando force.
At present around 400 police personnel are present in the Commando force. They have been trained to conduct counter terrorism operations and hostage rescue operations. For training, these police personnel were sent at the Commando training centre at Manesar in Gujarat and at the NSG hub in Kolkata.
KOLKATA: The state Public Works Department (PWD) minister Moloy Ghatak has inspected the site of the under construction Tala Bridge on Thursday and gave a set of direction to ensure its completion at the earliest.
The minister claimed that delay in on part of the railways in giving certain clearances is causing a delay in completing the construction of the Tala Bridge. The railway authorities, however, refuted the allegation and claimed that the needed “drawing on tracing” paper is yet to be submitted by the state PWD to the railways for getting the necessary clearances.
“Drawing pertaining to the launching scheme of balance two spans have been approved thus clearing all the issues pertaining to main bridge except the inspection ladders for both swing girders. The drawing of the superstructure design and drawing of adjacent pipeline bridge is yet to be given by them on tracing paper. The design of super structure and pipeline bridge is under checking. Another coordination meeting would be held in the second week of December,” said a senior official of the Eastern Railways.
Ghatak said that officers of the railways were also present during the site inspection on Thursday and he has requested them to ensure clearances at the earliest. He claimed that the girders are lying but the necessary work cannot be completed due to the delay in receiving the clearances. He further said that as per the initial planning the date of completion of the construction of the bridge was February 2022. But the Covid situation is another reason for delay in its completion.