Maharastra Police: Nagpur: नागपुर में बढ़ेंगे पुलिसवाले, और पुलिसवालों की हो सकती है भरती..

NAGPUR: City's understaffed police force are set to get a boost. The state home department has sanctioned additional manpower for traffic wing as well as for the proposed Mankapur, Shanti Nagar and Bajaj Nagar police stations. Commissioner of police Ankush Dhanvijay confirmed the development. Recently the city police commissionerate received a communication from its Mumbai head office informing about the home department's nod for manpower for new police stations, riot control and traffic department. In all the city police would get 366 additional hands including seven police inspectors. Sources said, the home department has sanctioned 82 posts including two police inspectors, two assistant police inspectors, seven ASIs, two drivers and 25 police constables for Mankapur police station. Similarly, 93 posts have been sanctioned for Shanti Nagar police station and 79 for Bajaj Nagar.

The city's top cop, however, said they had not yet finalised location for these police stations and the search for premises was on with various government agencies and private bodies. At present, areas proposed under these stations are part of Koradi, Dhantoli, and Lakadganj police stations. The traffic department will get a big respite with 85 additional posts. Currently, traffic police have only 448 personnel out of sanctioned strength of 512. Even though city and vehicles have been growing, the number of traffic personnel failed to keep pace. "Almost 12 lakh vehicles are plying on city roads. The need for police at various points is increasing rapidly," said a senior cop. "Times like today, when there is high alert, put more stress on us. The current manpower crisis has stretched us, but we are managing well with what we have," he said. With rise in riot cases, city's police long-pending demand for a separate riot control unit was also approved by the home department. It will start with 27 posts including one PI, one API, three head constables and 15 police constables.