Haryana Director General of Police Ajay Singhal on Monday said all vacancies in the state police would be filled in a phased manner by 2030, with ₹ 4,000 crore to be spent on police infrastructure development and modernisation by then.
Singhal, who was in Gurugram to inaugurate a new building for the Sector-17/18 police station in Sector-17 on MG Road, said 26% of posts in the state police were currently vacant. The new Sector-17/18 police station building was constructed by the Haryana Police Housing Corporation at a cost of ₹ 4.5 crore. On police modernisation, Singhal said ₹ 640 crore had been allotted for the current financial year and a similar allocation was expected next year, following directions from chief minister Nayab Singh Saini. Singhal said eight police stations, three police posts, nine police buildings and 313 houses had been constructed, while two police stations, five buildings and 565 quarters were under construction.
“ ₹ 50 crore is being spent annually for the welfare of police personnel across the state,” he said. “With a new budget, we will construct 11 more stations, five posts, one police line, 20 buildings and 695 new houses for our force,” he added. Singhal also said Haryana Police would deal firmly with gangsters who terrorise merchants and businessmen in the state.
