Delhi cops allocated `10,355cr in Budget

Delhi Police has been allocated `10,355.29 crore in the budget with an additional allocation of `1701.03 crore than the last year's budget of `8,654.26 crore, officials said on Tuesday.

According to a police statement, `9,808.39 crore has been allotted for establishment related expenditure, and `287 crore under capital section for installation of CCTV security surveillance system across Delhi, procurement of various advanced equipment for law and order modernization.

It also stated about upgradation of communication system like cyber highway and digital trunking radio system besides implementation of Intelligence Traffic Management System (ITMS) and induction of various types of vehicles for policing.

Meanwhile, `259 crore shall be spent exclusively for police infrastructure for construction of office buildings, residential buildings for improving housing satisfaction level and operation and maintenance of new police headquarters building PPP mode, the statement added. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday unveiled a bigger `39.45 lakh crore Budget, with higher spending on highways to affordable housing with a view to fire up the key engines of the economy to sustain a world-beating recovery from coronavirus.