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Kodikunnil Suresh, MP, has submitted a ceremonial petition to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan demanding to resoluteness the terrible infrastructure and unit shortages successful Kollam Rural constabulary district.
In his letter, the MP noted that though the Kollam Rural constabulary territory is entering its 16th twelvemonth of beingness since its enactment successful 2011, the policing infrastructure remains successful a authorities of infancy owed to persistent authorities neglect. “The territory continues to conflict with a terrible shortage of constabulary stations, deficiency of unit spot successful the power room, and the lack of basal amenities similar barracks for the District Headquarters (DHQ) company,” said the letter.
The MP highlighted a captious shortage of astatine slightest 8 constabulary stations wrong the district, noting that respective proposals person remained connected insubstantial for decades. He urged the authorities to urgently found caller stations successful Valakam, Kulakkada, Mynagappally, and Aryankavu. Furthermore, helium called for the bifurcation of the heavy burdened Kundara, Pathanapuram, Anchal, and Pooyappally stations. According to Mr. Suresh, the nonaccomplishment to instrumentality these changes has near the existent stations overworked and incapable to supply timely work to the public.
A large constituent of contention successful the missive is the terrible staffing crisis. Although a power country was sanctioned for the district, astir 100 indispensable posts stay vacant. To negociate regular operations, the section often diverts officers from section stations and the DHQ to the power country and for outer duties, specified arsenic VVIP security, festival management, and Sabarimala duty. He says this changeless drain connected section manpower has efficaciously crippled transgression investigations astatine the presumption level, arsenic the remaining officers are wholly consumed by regular instrumentality and bid tasks.
In his entreaty to the Chief Minister, Mr. Suresh demanded the contiguous sanctioning of an further DHQ institution to boost the district’s unit spot and the urgent operation of barracks. He added that lone by filling the 100 vacant power country posts and expanding the fig of stations tin the Kollam Rural Police District yet relation arsenic a afloat equipped, businesslike instrumentality enforcement body.
