"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.