Cops deployed in high altitudes to get daily allowance of Rs 300: Rawat

DEHRADUN: Police personnel deployed in high altitude areas of Uttarakhand will get a daily allowance of Rs 300, Chief Minister Harish Rawat today said.

Making a series of announcements for the welfare of police personnel on Police Smriti Diwas (Police Memorial Day) here, Rawat said a police welfare fund will be created besides paying those deployed in high altitude areas a daily allowance of Rs 300 and doubling their cycle allowance.

Vigilance sub-centres will also be set up in Tehri, Almora, Pauri and Pithoragarh, he said.

Showering praise on Uttarakhand police for effectively performing its duties, Rawat said it has managed to keep the state unperturbed by the political happenings in neighbouring countries and states.

India's borders with China and Nepal are located in Uttarakhand which also shares boundaries with Uttar Pradesh from which the state was created.

Rawat also patted the back of the police force for conducting the Kanwar mela without a hitch this year during which 2 crore devotees visited the state.

Despite the huge crowd of Kanwariyas, there was no disruption of traffic along the highways and the credit goes to the police force, he said asking the cops to be prepared for the Ardhakumbh mela next year which is going to be a testing time for them.

28 new police stations are being set up in the state and efforts are being made to ensure that there is deployment of one woman sub-inspector at each of them, the Chief minister said.

October 21 is observed as Police Smriti Diwas across the country in commemoration of 10 CRPF personnel who died fighting Chinese invaders on India-China border in 1959.