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Traffic Control Number One Priority: Patna DM
Patna District Magistrate Jitendra Kumar Sinha, at a meeting of the district's top police officials in Patna on Sunday once again reiterated his pledge to free Patna from illegal encroachment in an attempt to resolve the city's chronic traffic problem.
During the meeting that was also attended by Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vineet Vinayak, the DM stated that resolving traffic problem was the number one priority for the Patna police and it had taken a series of steps to restore some sanity on the streets.
Besides removing illegal occupiers from the streets, the district officials have decided to levy heavy fines on fruit vendors near the Income Tax Roundabout and other busy places where consumers park their vehicles on the streets to conduct purchasing.
"There are special kiosks for the vendors near the IT Roundabout but they routinely ignore it to set up their stalls causing a traffic bottleneck in those areas," Sinha said.
Situation near Raja Bazaar Sabzi Mandi is also completely out of control, the DM said adding the administration had decided to crackdown on the vendors illegally occupying the space by imposing heavy fines on them.
The SSP, meanwhile, expressed his frustration with the tempo and bus driver organizations who, he said, had threatened to go on a strike if the district administration followed up on its promise of turning a number of streets one-way only.
"Traffic has become a nightmare in Patna but we cannot solve all the problems of the city without the cooperation of its citizens," Vinayak said.
Source: www.patnadaily.com Traffic Control Number One Priority: Patna DM
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Bihar Police
Posted on Tue Dec 15, 2009 at 01:34:17 AM EST
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4 Schools To Teach Bihar Cops Jungle Warfare
Worried over spreading tentacles of outlawed CPI (Maoist), the Centre has okayed four schools to teach jungle warfare to Bihar cops so that they could take on the ultra-leftists more effectively.
"Select Bihar police and Bihar Military Police (BMP) jawans will be given three months' training by retired Army officials at these schools," ADG (HQ) Neelmani told TOI on Monday, adding the Centre has allotted Rs 1.5 crore each for the schools which will come up at BMP-2 HQ at Dehri, BMP-3 HQ at Gaya, BMP-4 HQ at Dumraon and BMP-15 HQ at Valmikinagar.
These schools are likely to become functional by December. "The Centre has suggested a panel of retired Army officials for selection of trainers," Neelmani said and added the state home department will constitute a committee which will finally select the trainers and the trainees. The committee will also comprise the IG (operation) and the Brigadier of sub-area of Danapur Cantonment, and the number of trainees at each school would be 250 to 300.
The funds have already been disbursed to the commandants of the BMP units concerned for procuring necessary equipment and also to the Bihar Police Building Construction Corporation for developing required infrastructure. Quite a few meetings between the Army and state police officials have been held in this regard, Neelmani said and added the police jawans trained at these schools will be part of the state's Special Task Force and used exclusively to take on Maoists.
The Centre has also launched a programme in collaboration with the state for creating special infrastructure, including strengthening of police installations and construction of roads and helipads, in Naxalite-hit districts. The programme would be launched in Gaya and Aurangabad districts, to begin with. All expenses would be borne by the Centre which has already sent Rs 18.9 crore for the purpose.
The programme will be launched in Arwal, Jehanabad, Jamui, Rohtas, Bhojpur, East Champaran, West Champaran, Kaimur, Nalanda, Nawada, Patna and Sitamarhi districts -- in the next phase.
Source: Times Of India 4 schools to teach Bihar cops jungle warfare
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Bihar Police
Posted on Mon Oct 26, 2009 at 09:44:16 PM EST
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Army Lessons For Bihar Cops
: The Bihar government has decided to use the services of the Indian Army to train police personnel to counter Maoists spreading their tentacles in fresh areas and resorting to guerrilla warfare against security forces on a stepped-up scale.
“Also, the government has decided to appoint 5,000 former army servicemen in police ranks,” said the additional director-general of police (headquarters), Neelmani, adding: “We will take army’s help to train cadre especially in guerrilla warfare.”
Sources revealed that the Danapur cantonment has agreed to impart out-door training to the policemen.
The rebels have caught the state policemen unawares in at least six raids this year alone and have snatched 28 firearms. As many as 24 policemen have lost their lives in these attacks. The police top brass feels that Bihar’s set up was not specifically trained in Maoists warfare.
The government has also decided to open counter insurgency and jungle warfare schools at Dehri-on-Son, Katihar, Bodh Gaya and Darbhanga, so-called Maoist hubs.
Source: The Telegraph Army lessons for Bihar cops
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Bihar Police
Posted on Thu Oct 15, 2009 at 12:23:36 AM EST
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Centre Releases 1,158 Crore To State For Police Modernisation
The Union Government has released Rs 1,158 crore in the last fiscal, for the modernisation of the state police forces.
The bulk of this money has been given to seven Maoist- affected and four insurgency-prone states.
Under Modernisation of Police Force (MPF) scheme, the Union Home Ministry provides financial assistance to State Governments for procurement of weapons, purchase of vehicles, construction of residential and non-residential buildings and procurement of security, surveillance, communication and forensic science equipments.
Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and West Bengal are facing threat from the left wing ultras and insurgency activities are troubling the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Manipur and Nagaland.
The naxal affected states got Rs 372.37 crore while militancy-hit states were given Rs 255.42 crore during 2008-09 for the modernisation of police forces.
The Jammu and Kashmir top the list of allotments as the Home Ministry allotted Rs 109.65 crore to the state
The Centre has given Rs 83.83 crore to Andhra Pradesh, Rs 75.86 to Maharashtra, Rs 69.85 crore to Jharkhand, Rs 68.11 crore to Assam, Rs 41 crore to Bihar and Rs 26.54 crore to Chhattisgarh.
The Centre also released Rs 42.54 crore to Orissa, Rs 38.42 crore to Nagaland, Rs 39.23 crore to Manipur and Rs 32.18 crore to West Bengal.
Source: sify.com Centre releases 1,158 crore to state for police modernisation
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Bihar Police
Posted on Tue Sep 29, 2009 at 09:32:05 PM EST
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Bihar To Raise Its Own Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS)
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Patna Police To Go Hi-Tech
Patna city police is desperately trying to curb crime but problem is faced from within the system. But now Patna police is all set to go hi-tech with GPS equipped police patrolling vehicle so that their location and movement can be tracked.
With spurt in crime, the city police in Patna, the state capital of Bihar, is all set to go hi-tech, thanks to initiative taken by police head quarters in this regard. Police Patrol cars will now carry GPS. Only a few weeks ago, police officers from IG to Dy SP and many SHO of the state capital were reshuffled after a bizarre incident, in which one girl was stripped in a public place on a busy exhibition road round. It earned lot of criticism for the police and national media, both electronic and print, got flooded with news related to police apathy and non-competence.
The young IPS Manu Maharaj was made city SP and crackdown has been unleashed on the criminals bring the morale of criminals down to a considerable level. Now herculean task with the top cop of the city is to keep constant watch on the movement of patrol cars, which is said to be 100 odd in number, so that the police personnel performs up to the expectations. IG PN Roy, who is also an expert in disaster management and has undergone trainings in countries like USA has chalked out plans to install Global Positioning System (GPS) on all the patrolling cars of the city in first phase.
It has been seen in the recent times that Police patrol cars remained conspicuously absent from the site of crime and could only be located when the criminals left the place of occurrence (PO). The arrangement has already been done that at least one police patrol should touch one particular place within 10-15 minutes. But due to absence of any device, the police parties on the patrol cars could easily lie about their locations at the time of commitment of crimes. Now with the installation of GPS, this problem can be checked and no police patrol can lie about its location. The SP or any other senior police official can locate the particular police parties.
Source:www.merinews.com Patna police to go hi-tech
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Bihar Police
Posted on Fri Aug 28, 2009 at 08:44:43 PM EST
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Citizens' Council To Be Set Up In Districts, Too
The state government has decided to set up citizens' council in districts and at thana level too to promote social harmony and make it a
tool for helping people during crisis and natural disasters and extend help and cooperation to them during rehabilitation and other works.
At state level, the Citizens' Council exists which has governor as patron, chief minister as chairman, two vice-chairmen and one general secretary who are nominated by the chief minister and leader of opposition in assembly, chief secretary, DGP, VCs of two universities, development commissioners and secretaries of various departments and divisional commissioners as ex officio members, besides presidents of IMA, Chamber of Commerce, Women's Commission, Commandant of Bihar and Orissa Sub Area and others.
State Citizens' Council general secretary Anil Pathak said that the process for constitution of district and thana level citizens' council has been started. The district citizens' council chairman will be the minister incharge of the district and ex officio members will be all the MPs, MLAs and MLCs of the district, district board chairman, mayors and municipal bodies chairmen, DM and SP while two vice-chairmen and 11 members will be nominated by the CM.
Similarly, the thana level citizens' council will have a social worker as chairman who along with a vice-chairman and nine members will be nominated by the CM. Its ex officio members will be MPs and legislators whose residences fall under that police station, block pramukh, president of Nagar Panchayat and incharge of the police station.
The citizens' council will help create a congenial atmosphere, will hold seminars and discussions on social issues, natural calamities, disaster management and make people aware about the designs of the communal elements and terrorists and how to frustrate their plans to disturb social harmony, said Pathak.
Source: Times Of IndiaCitizens' council to be set up in districts, too
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Bihar Police
Posted on Tue Jul 28, 2009 at 11:29:12 PM EST
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More Police Personnel & ATS For Better Admin: Govt
Stating that there has been steady decrease in the crime graph in the state, the government today told the Bihar Legislative Council that it would strengthen the policing to combat Naxalism and constitute Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) to tackle terrorism.
"Highest allocation of Rs 2557 crore for the year 2009-10 has been made for good governance and for better policing... There has been steady decline in the crime graph in recent years," Water Resources Development Vijendra Prasad Yadav said while replying on behalf of the government to the budgetary demands for department of home.
The demand for grant of home department was passed by the House amidst RJD's and CPI-ML's walkout.
In a special drive initiated against the criminals, the police have arrested 66,662 criminals till May this year. Similarly, 1,37,652 criminals in 2006,1,36,932 in 2007, 1,53,788 in 2008, he said.
There has been steady decline in the cases of murder, dacoity, robbery, kidnapping for ransom, bank dacoity, bank robbery, the minister said. The minister in-charge of home department said the government was committed to provide better policing to combat Naxals and for that matter the police force was being strengthened.
To strengthen the force, the government has increased the number of state auxiliary police (SAP) force from 5,000 in 2006 to 11,500 considering its better performance particularly in tackling the Naxalites, Yadav said.
Source: Zeenews.com More police personnel & ATS for better admin: Govt
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Bihar Police
Posted on Mon Jul 20, 2009 at 11:32:18 PM EST
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Now, Cops To Undergo Fitness Test
If you are a cop working in Patna, please keep a watch on your health indicators. Or else, you could well be consigned to the "condemnedlist" of the unfit. Even then there are chances that you may be labelled as someone not fit for field duty'.
City police officers, right from the rank of DSP to assistant sub-inspector, will have to undergo extensive medical check-ups, and based on the findings, they will be marked excellent or fit or unfit.
Medical officer of police hospital Dr Parmeshwar Ojha said 2,000 will go theorugh the test that will begin in August. "I have received a letter from the senior SP (Patna) about the programme. We will seek the services of experts from government institutions and hospitals as well," he added.
A DSP on condition of annoynimity said, "Medical check-up is a must, for there has to be a record at hand to assess whether a particular police officer is good enough for on-field duty or not."
Source: Times Of India Now, cops to undergo fitness test
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Bihar Police
Posted on Thu Jul 16, 2009 at 11:53:16 PM EST
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Bihar Gets Rs63.50 Crore For Police Modernisation
The Bihar government today received Rs63.50 crore from the Centre for police modernisation in past four successive financial years. In reply to a question by RJD's Nawal Kishore Yadav, Water Resources Development minister Vijendra Prasad Yadav told the state Legislative Council on behalf of the government that the state received Rs11.50 crore in 2005-06, Rs51 lakh in 2006-07, Rs15 crore in 2007-08 and Rs36.49 crore in 2008-09 for police modernisation.
The minister said that the state government has utilised the funds to purchase 8932 rifles, 185 LMGs, 14 Mortars, 168 carbines, 946 pistols, 572 grenade rifles and various types of 17,88,860 cartridges and 960 bomb mortars to modernise its police force. The purchased arms and ammunitions have been distributed amongst the policemen, Yadav said.
Source:dnaindia.com Bihar gets Rs63.50 crore for police modernisation
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Bihar Police
Posted on Thu Jul 16, 2009 at 12:39:02 AM EST
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New Norms For Constables' Recruitment
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Task-Force In Every Bihar District To Tackle Crime
Alarmed by the sudden spurt in criminal activities in Bihar, the state police headquarters is setting up a task-force in all the districts to prevent such incidents.
"We have decided to constitute a special task-force in each district in the wake of the spurt in the incidents of abduction for ransom, bank robbery, cash loot and petty crime", top state officials said.
Fully equipped with modern facilities, the task-force, comprising station house officers (SHO's) and efficient police officers, would deal with criminal gangs perpetrating abduction, contract killing, bank dacoity and road robbery, they said.
The task-force would work under the purview of superintendent of police of the respective districts.
The deputy inspector general of police has been asked to identify the gangs operating in their respective zones and engage the task-force personnel to attain the desired results, they added.
The security personnel involved in the task-force would also keep watch on the activities of the gang-lords running a crime syndicate from behind the bars, they said.
Source: Times Of India Task-force in every Bihar district to tackle crime
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Bihar Police
Posted on Fri Jun 05, 2009 at 03:31:05 AM EST
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Cops Plan Health Camps For Villagers
Apparently taking a cue from chief minister Nitish Kumar's repeated stress on people-friendly image of police, Patna cops are readying to undertake an exercise which is likely to change the face of the district police.
Under the exercise, medical check-up and health awareness camps would be organized in those areas of the district which are devoid of proper health care facilities. Apart from doctors and paramedical staff, local police officials would attend the camps, likely to be organized from June this year.
Patna Police Hospital's medical officer Dr Parmeshwar Ojha said, "We would also organize special programmes in hamlets and schools to generate awareness about hygiene and some common diseases." He said information gathered from different sources regarding common diseases would be presented in a simple manner before the villagers using LCD projectors. Experts would be present to remove doubts, if any, of the villagers.
"We have already requested the police headquarters to provide a laptop, an LCD projector, a screen and a portable genset," Dr Ojha said and added leaflets containing information about diseases like diabetes, blood pressure, cancer and Aids would also be distributed among villagers.
Source: Times Of India Cops plan health camps for villagers
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Bihar Police
Posted on Fri May 22, 2009 at 03:33:01 AM EST
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Nitish calls upon Police to change image
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Patna High Court Clears Decks For Appointment Of 1,510 Sub-Inspectors of Police In Bihar
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In wake Of Recent Serial Blasts In Delhi ,Bihar Police Gears Up For Festive Season
In the wake of the recent serial blasts in Delhi and other parts of the country, Bihar has decided to be extra-cautious during the festive season
, a time when a large number of people come out onto the streets and gather at puja pandals all over the state.
The top brass of the police department has initiated a series of meetings with the divisional and district police authorities to monitor the policing and assess the preparedness of the forces in tackling any unprecedented situation.
DGP D N Gautam and principal secretary (home) Afzal Amanullah on Sunday set off for Bhagalpur to hold a high-level meeting there, but due to inclement weather their plane could not land and had to return. On Monday, they will fly to Muzaffarpur to hold the meeting there.
Gautam and Amanullah said that a meeting had already been held with the police authorities in Patna, Gaya, Jehanabad, Nalanda, Nawada, Rohtas and Aurangabad. The one in Patna was held on Saturday. The officials have been handed over a long checklist for maintaining peace and communal harmony during the festive season apart from checking the crime.
Sources said the officials at the meeting, which was participated by Commissioners, regional IGs, DIGs and SPs, demanded that additional force be deployed in areas considered as sensitive in the state during the pujas. The authorities directed the department to take personal initiative in keeping a strict vigil on the law and order situation and tap in on the intelligence sources whenever needed.
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By Tiwari, Section Bihar Police
Posted on Mon Sep 29, 2008 at 04:42:54 AM EST
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New Generation Model Police Stations Soon In Each District of Bihar
By the end of next year, Bihar is going to have at least one new generation police station in each district which will appear vastly different from the dilapidated police stations visible in the state. They will be three storied, plush looking with terracota and much better furnished.
"We would start constructing these model police stations from the month of October this year. We have already called for the tenders," remarked ADG and Bihar Police Building Construction Corporation chairman-cum-managing director Ashok Kumar Gupta.
It will not only have a different look, but a different approach. They will be people-friendly having counselling rooms, waiting rooms, rooms for the women and children and separate toilets. They will have computer rooms and modern communication systems. Unlike many police stations, these model police stations will have high boundary walls with police guards on the top to deter Naxalite attacks. The four key officials of the police station will have their residence on the police station premises. There will be a barrack for police constables making the unit alert all the time for action.
The state government has sanctioned the cost of construction of these police stations from its own funds. The average cost of each modern police station, which will be located at the district headquarters, will be Rs 1.28 crore more than twice the amount given for the construction of an urban police station.
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By Tiwari, Section Bihar Police
Posted on Tue Sep 16, 2008 at 04:01:02 AM EST
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Bihar Cop Uses Bell 'Jahangiri Ghanti' To Bridge Police-Public Gap
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9,000 Cops to be Hired Soon; CM Holds Meeting with Top Officials
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, at a high-level meeting of Bihar's top law-enforcement officials in Patna on Saturday, resolved to fill more than 9,000 positions in the state police and bring an end to the backlog in the reserved seats including those reserved for the women.
Applications for these posts would be invited through advertisements in Bihar newspapers in next few days, Kumar informed adding the hiring process would be completed in two phases with the first phase to be completed in next four months.
"Nearly 6,000 posts meant for women and men from backward, extreme-backward classes, and Scheduled Castes are vacant since last several years and would be filled before the end of this year," Additional Director General (ADG) of Police (Law and Order) Anil Kumar Sinha said following the meeting.
The meeting was also attended by the Chief Secretary, Home and Finance Secretary, Law Secretary, the newly-appointed Director General of Police (DGP) D. N. Gautam, ADG (Headquarters), ADG (BMP), and a number of IGs.
Source: www.patnadaily.com
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By Dr arvind, Section Bihar Police
Posted on Mon Aug 04, 2008 at 03:28:12 AM EST
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