Rs.44.70 crore sanctioned for acquisition and construction of buildings for police

New Delhi, May 31 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday informed that sanctions amounting to Rs.44.70 crore were issued for the acquisition of land and construction of office/residential/other infrastructure buildings for the Central Armed Police Force.

An amount of Rs. 35.16 crore was given to the ITBP, Rs. 0.23 crore was given to the CRPF and Rs. 9.31 crore was given to the SSB.

"On May 4, 2012, Rs.6.11 crore was sanctioned to NSG for procurement of 13 nos. Bullet Proof vehicles. On May 10, 2012, revised sanction of Rs.97.71 crore was accorded to BSF for 2nd Phase procurement of equipment for new Bns/Sectors/Ftrs.n May 10, 2012, sanction was given for augmentation of 21 additional posts at the National Training Centre for Dog (NTCD), ITBP at Bhanu, Chandigarh," said a Home Ministry release.

On May 15, 2012, an amount of Rs.56.67 lakh was released to North Eastern Police Academy (NEPA), Shillong for construction purposes. On May 23, 2012, sanction for creation of 6 posts of Inspector General including 4 posts for Anti-Naxal Operations to be located in the states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal and 2 posts at Force Hqr. was issued," the release adds.

The Home Ministry release further said during the month, LoI for System Integrators was issued by the States of Goa and Nagaland under the CCTNS project.

"As of now, 19 LoIs have been issued to SIs out of which 15 contracts have been signed. Further, 25,000 personnel were trained in the month under capacity building. The cumulative figure for the personnel trained is 4.79 lakh. Capacity building (infrastructure) was completed for 5 units in the current month taking the cumulative figure to 866 units," the release adds.

The Home Ministry release said a lump sum ex-gratia compensation amounting to Rs.2.25 crore was sanctioned to the next of kin of 20 deceased CAPF personnel. (ANI)