The country's 539 police stations do not have a telephone, 200 do not have a wireless system

New delhi date. 16 September 2020, Wednesday

The answer to the state of policing in the country came during the Parliament session. Almost every state claims that its police are good but the reality is different. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G. According to Kishan Reddy, 539 police stations across the country do not have telephones. Not only that, there are 200 police stations where the wireless system has not been installed yet.

The total number of police stations in the country is 16,587. There are a total of 343 stations in Assam out of which 140 stations do not have telephones. There are 422 stations in Punjab but even here 67 stations run without telephones. In response to a question posed by Rajya Sabha MP Rakesh Sinha on Wednesday, Union Home Minister G. Kishan Reddy said there are 59 police stations in Madhya Pradesh where the wireless system has not been installed.

There are 55 stations in Tamil Nadu which do not have wireless system. 25 stations in Manipur are running without mobile / wireless. Out of the total 79 police stations in the state, 59 police stations do not have telephones. Out of 73 stations in Meghalaya, 57 are running without telephones. While the 15 does not have wireless. Of the 38 stations in Mizoram, 26 are without telephones. This information is as of January 1, 2019. However, Gujarat is in a good position in this regard. According to statistics, these facilities are available in a total of 710 actual police stations in Gujarat.

Earlier, a separate plan was drawn up to build fortified police stations in 10 left-wing extremist-affected states for the construction of 400 police stations. At present, work is underway under special infrastructure to set up 250 fortified police stations in extremist-affected areas in seven states - Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha and Telangana.

These are the police stations where the Naxals attack and loot weapons and ammunition. Police stations are fortified to avoid this. Rajya Sabha MP Rakesh Sinha had asked the question whether any examination etc. is being conducted for the personnel posted in the police station to check their computer skills. In his reply, the Minister of State for Home Affairs said that this is the responsibility of the respective states.