HM Amit Shah: Govt will ensure good working environment for police

" Union government will undertake time-bound steps to ensure that good working environment, health and family welfare-related concerns of police personnel are dressed," Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday. dressing a joint column of police and paramilitary personnel after paying hom to police martyrs, Shah said India's stride into world as a powerful nation is ensured by work of se men and women in khaki who render dedicated national service.

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'NDA government has done a lot for police force'

minister said police is doing an onerous task as against benchmark 222 personnel for 1 lakh citizens, only 144 are present on ground. "This is reason why about 90 percent of police personnel have to render duties of over 12 hours each day and about three-fourth of m cant even take a weekly off," he said. "My government has done a lot for police welfare and I can assure that we will be doing more work, taking more steps to ensure health, housing, family welfare and a good working environment for you in a time-bound manner," Shah said while dressing troops on occasion of police commemoration day.

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Shah said that on occasion of police commemoration day, he and citizens of country pay a humble tribute to those who have me supreme sacrifice in line of duty, as also ir families. "When we see police work in a rmal way, it looks usual but when we change perspective we understand that development strides our country is taking is due to dedicate and silent service of se policemen," Shah said.

"From tackling terrorists to insurgents and Naxals to managing traffic on ro, all is done by police personnel," he said. Shah ded police forces are responsible for ensuring a strong position and identity of an emerging power for India in comity of nations. "I can assure police personnel that this memorial will become an institution that will tell world about tale of valour of police personnel of country, he said.

As per latest data, over 35,000 police personnel have been killed in action since independence and during last about one year time (September 2018 to August this year), a total of 292 personnel have laid down ir lives or died due to unnatural reasons while on duty.

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National Police Memorial

During event, attended by chiefs and officials of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and or central police organisations, Shah launched a new website of national police memorial. Prime Minister Narendra Modi h, on this day last year, inaugurated refurbished national police memorial, including a newly built museum of se forces in khaki. memorial is a 30-foot-tall and 238-tonne black granite structure located in central Delhi's Chanakyapuri area.

day is observed to pay hom to 10 policemen (of CRPF) killed in an ambush by Chinese troops in 1959 in Lakh's Hot Spring area. A ceremonial guard of hour by a joint squ of CAPFs was presented during about 45-minute event.

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