Land allotted at Rajarhat for 2 police stations of Bidhannagar Commissionerate

Kolkata: Land has been allotted at Rajarhat for setting up two police stations of the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate.

According to the sources in the state secretariat, the state Home department has sent a proposal to sanction and release a total amount of Rs 23.27 crore for payment of lease premium to West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO), for allotment of the plots to set up the police stations.

The plots have been allotted in Action Area II E and Action Area III E to the Home and Hills Affairs department, on a 99 year leasehold. The plot in Action Area II E measures around 0.601 acres while the one in Action Area III E is of 0.661 acres.

It may be recalled that the transfer of land has taken place on the basis of the approval of the Standing Committee of the Cabinet on Industry, Infrastructure and Employment of West Bengal. The meeting of the Standing Committee was held in this connection on January 18.

It may be mentioned that the Mamata Banerjee government had set up Howrah, Bidhannagar, Barrackpore, Siliguri and Asansol-Durgapur Police commissionerates soon after coming to power, to ensure better policing.

She has also stressed on the development of infrastructure of all the police commissionerates. Similarly, as a measure to bring into place better infrastructure for Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate, the land has been allotted where the two police stations will be constructed.

It may be mentioned that earlier, 5.91 acres had been taken from HIDCO to develop infrastructure, including setting up of a parade ground, police station, office and barrack, town police outpost and police line in New Town.

The land was taken from HIDCO at a lease amount of Rs 24.77 crore.

With setting up of the police commissionerates, the rate of crime has gone down and at the same time, the law and orders issues are also controlled in a better way. Apart from the commissionerate areas, steps were also taken up to ensure better policing in the non-commissionerate areas.

Steps taken by the police and development of infrastructure have also helped curb the rate of accidents in the state.