Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today inaugurated the newly constructed buildings of Majuli police station and Garhmur police station at Majuli along with a guest house for the police personnel. The police stations are built while reflecting the spiritual and cultural mosaic of Majuli in their architecture.
Speaking at the inauguration programme, the Chief Minister said that work culture of police force has improved tremendously in the last four and half years and an environment has been developed where public can come to police stations to register complaints without any apprehension. During the previous state government regime, people hesitated to come to police stations and now, police and public have come closer as police takes prompt action on the complaints of public, he said.
Saying that punishing the criminals swiftly through fast track courts has become possible now, Sonowal underlined the need for police to live upto the public expectation by ensuring safety and security for all. He also highlighted the importance of a conducive environment for the police personnel to work and deliver their services and said that a modernization drive of police stations has been undertaken by the state government through ‘MOITRI’ scheme.
Referring to the call made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the conference of all state DGPs held in Guwahati for making smart police forces, Sonowal said that the state government has taken steps in this regard while incorporating latest technologies for crime fighting in Assam Police. In Majuli also, steps have been taken to develop police infrastructure and inauguration of the new buildings of the two police stations today is a testimony of these development measures, he said.
