Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, December 07 2008:
STATE HOME department has proposed for creation of additional superintendent of police (rural) in the Imphal west police once again along with two posts of sub-divisional police officers (SDPOs) for Imphal east.
Official source said that the proposal for the creation of the three posts is likely to discuss in the next cabinet meeting which the day of sitting is yet to be fixed.
The additional superintendent of police (rural), Imphal west, mention may be made, was a post which exist before the division of Imphal district into two district, Imphal west and east districts but the same has been transferred as additional superintendent of Imphal east since the creation of the Imphal east district.
Home department has been proposing the creation of the said post considering the present law and order situation prevailing in the state and increasing work loads which feels the authority the urgent need to have two posts of additional SP which will be designated as Additional SP, Imphal west (Urban) and Additional SP, Imphal west (Rural) to assist the district SP, the source said.
As per the proposal, urban areas comprising Imphal police station, City police station and Lamphel will be keep under the jurisdiction of the Additional SP (Urban) while Patsoi, Singjamei, Mayang Imphal, Wangoi police stations, women police station (Imphal West) and in-charge of commandos and counter insurgency operations will be under the additional SP (Rural), the source said.
On the other hand with regard to the creation of two posts of SDPOs in Imphal east district police, the proposal said that since the creation of Imphal east district police, there has no sanctioned post of SDPO, Porompat and SDPO Singjamei of erstwhile Imphal district police has been utilizing as SDPO, Porompat.
Owing to the utilization of the SDPO, Singjamei, SDPO Imphal west has been entrusting with a large number of f police stations including the Imphal PS and City PS making him over-load.
As such he could not pay proper attention to the rural police station.
In the proposal, it is also reportedly said to restore the SDPO Singjamei by creating SDPO, Porompat and distributed the jurisdiction with the SDPO, Singjamei.
The home department has also chalked out the financial implication in the creation of the three posts, additional SP, Imphal West and two SDPO in Imphal east at Rs.7,50,060 per year.
State chief minister has also reported given his approval for putting up in the next cabinet meeting, the source added.