LG calls for modernisation, strengthening of Police

Jammu, Dec 3: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Tuesday emphasised bolstering Police and allied organisations, infusing technology in alignment with human resources for modernisation to effectively deal with the security and law and order-related challenges in J&K.

Reviewing the progress of ongoing projects under Security Related Expenditure (SRE), Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP) and issues related to prison management and border management, he directed to expedite the pace of work to meet stipulated deadlines.

LG Sinha issued these directions while chairing a high-level meeting to review the functioning of the Home Department today at Raj Bhawan.

This was the second high-level meeting chaired by the Lieutenant Governor after his Secretariat started functioning in Jammu on November 11.

In an assertion of earlier guidelines regarding “no leniency while dealing with all threats to internal security”, emphasis was made on fine-tuning strategies with a synergetic approach.

In the case of border management also, the direction was to identify vulnerabilities and check flaws to ensure a synergised fool-proof system in place.

The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo; Principal Secretary, Home, Chandraker Bharti; DGP Nalin Prabhat; DGP Prisons, Deepak Kumar; ADGP Headquarters and Coordination, M K Sinha; ADGP Law and Order, Vijay Kumar; ADGP Jammu, Anand Jain; Director Fire and Emergency Services, Alok Kumar; ADGP CID, Nitish Kumar; Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor, Dr Mandeep K Bhandari; IGP Kashmir, Vidhi Kumar Birdi and other senior officials of the J&K Police.

An official spokesperson said that at the outset of the meeting, the Lieutenant Governor was briefed on Security Related Expenditure (SRE), manpower positioning, infrastructure works and other important issues of Home and subordinate departments including J&K Police, Prisons, Fire and Emergency Services, Home Guards, SDRF, Prosecution and Forensic Sciences.

“The Lieutenant Governor emphasised modernisation and strengthening of Police and allied organisations to effectively deal with the security and law and order related challenges. He further directed for completion of all projects under SRE and PMDP within the stipulated time,” the spokesperson said.

The meeting also discussed effective prison management, human resources and other issues related to internal security and the criminal justice system.

Following the meeting, LG Sinha, on his official ‘X’ handle (Office of LG, J&K), posted, “Chaired a review meeting of the Home Department at Raj Bhawan today. Evaluated the progress of ongoing projects under SRE and PMDP and discussed issues related to prison management, border management, police modernisation and human resources.”

Earlier on November 17, LG Sinha had chaired a high-level meeting of senior officials of civil administration and J&K Police to review security and development projects in the Jammu region.

He had emphasised synergised operations and a foolproof security grid to thwart the malevolent design of terrorists and anti-national elements in the region. He had asked the officers to go full throttle, with an iron-hand approach in synchronisation with effective and foolproof strategies, to “demolish terrorism and its aiders and abettors.”

Regarding development, he had focussed on seamless, expedited execution of major infra projects meeting deadlines.