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Home Minister G. Parameshwara inaugurated the recently constructed constabulary residential quarters astatine Suntikoppa successful Kodagu territory connected Sunday.
The 12 residential quarters for constabulary constables person been built astatine a outgo of ₹ 3.64 crore by the Karnataka State Police Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation (KSPH&IDC).
Speaking aft inaugurating the lodging facility, the Minister said that astir 40,000 residential quarters person already been constructed for constabulary unit crossed the state, portion different 60,000 houses are inactive required.
Pointing retired that the salaries of constables, who service astatine the lowest ranks successful the constabulary department, had been increased, Mr. Parameshwara said the Government is providing improved lodging facilities aft taking enactment of the information that galore constabulary unit unrecorded successful cramped houses.
Accordingly, the KSPH & IDC volition supply lodging successful a phased mode up to the twelvemonth 2030, helium said.
Earlier, buildings were constructed astatine a outgo of astir ₹ 18 lakh per unit, but present the outgo has accrued to astir ₹ 33 lakh. The government’s purpose is to guarantee that constabulary unit pb a comfy and dignified life, helium added.
The Minister assured to look into the database of demands made by MLA Mantar Gowda and precedence fixed to operation of lodging facilities for constabulary personnel, portion indispensable steps volition besides beryllium taken to found constabulary stations arsenic per the Government’s parameters.
He said assorted measures person been introduced to marque the constabulary section much people-friendly, urging constabulary unit to support affable relations with the nationalist portion ensuring strict punishment for offenders.
He further noted that Karnataka Police ranks archetypal successful the state successful presumption of information and security, and constabulary unit execute their duties time and night, successful rainfall and heat, often without rest. Therefore, they should beryllium respected, and nary 1 should effort to demoralise them.
The Home Minister said that retired of the 593 assurances fixed by the Siddaramaiah-led authorities successful 2023, much than fractional person already been fulfilled, and each promises would beryllium implemented wrong the adjacent 2 years.
He added that the authorities has spent ₹1.36 lakh crore connected the 5 warrant schemes, aiming to bring poorer sections into the mainstream done assorted payment programmes.
He stated that the authorities is people-oriented and functioning arsenic promised, and added that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah would contiguous a beardown fund connected March 6.
MLA Dr. Mantar Gowda, speaking connected the occasion, requested the Minister to capable vacant constabulary posts, conception further constabulary quarters, and supply for the constitution of 2 much constabulary stations successful Kodagu territory successful the upcoming budget.
He besides suggested utilising disposable onshore successful the territory for mounting up a constabulary grooming center.
Among those contiguous were Southern Range Inspector General of Police Boralinagaiah, Deputy Commissioner S. J. Somashekar, Zilla Panchayat CEO Anand Prakash Meena, and Superintendent of Police R. N. Bindumani.
