Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 3: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs today announced 10 top Police Stations in the country and surprisingly there was none from Jammu and Kashmir which reflected very poorly on the working of Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP).
More shocking for JKP is the fact that Police Stations from small States like Manipur and Sikkim and Union Territories including Andaman & Nicobar and Dadra and Nagar Haveli found place in top 10 but not even a single police station from Jammu and Kashmir could find place in the list.
Nongpok Sekmai in Manipur’s Thoubal district was selected as the best performing Police Station in the country, followed by AWPS-Suramangalam in Tamil Nadu’s Salem city and Kharsang in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district, the Union Home Ministry announced today.
Among the top 10 best performing police stations for 2020, selected from India’s 16,671 police stations, are (rank-wise) Jhilmili (Bhaiya Thana) in Chhattisgarh, Sanguem in Goa, Kalighat in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Pakyong in Sikkim, Kanth (Moradabad) in Uttar Pradesh, Khanvel in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Jammikunta Town in Telangana’s Karimnagar district.
“The Government of India selects the best performing police stations across the country every year, to incentivise more effective functioning of Police Stations and bring healthy competition among them,” a statement issued by the Home Ministry said.
This has been done in accordance with the directions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, issued during the Director Generals of Police Conference in 2015 in Kutch, Gujarat.
The Prime Minister had directed that parameters should be laid down for grading police stations and assessing their performance based on feedback.
The announcement of the 10 best performing police stations was made at the ongoing virtual 55th annual DGPs and IGPs conference which is being attended by the Prime Minister, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, among others.
This year’s survey for the best police stations was conducted under challenging circumstances by the home ministry. It was difficult to access police stations located in remote areas during the coronavirus pandemic due to various restrictions on movement, the statement said.
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