New Delhi: The government has sanctioned 481
fire wing posts for the CISF to augment its strength at five
Public Sector Undertaking units.
While three of the units are power stations, the rest are
a mining firm and a steel maker.
The largest chunk of the new posts went to the Neyveli
Lignite Corporation in Tamil Nadu with 272 additional posts,
the monthly report released by Union Home Minister P
Chidambaram said.
While Mejia Thermal Power Station in West Bengal got 27
more men, Raichur Thermal Power Station in Karnataka got 53
personnel.
The CISF Fire Wing at Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power
Station in Bihar got 44 additional posts while the
Visakhapatnam Steel Plant got 85 more posts.
Meanwhile, Chidambaram said the ambitious programme of
constructing housing for the CPMF personnel has received
in-principle approval of the Public Private Partnership
Appraisal Committee (PPPAC).
"The RFQ floated is for 30 sites (13,026 dwelling units
for the CPMF) at an estimated cost of Rs 2,488.59 crore and
once the projects are sanctioned, these will be completed over
a period of two years," Chidambaram said.
He said under the 'Modernisation of Police Forces Scheme',
the entire Budget provision of Rs 1,230 crore in 2009-10 was
released, with Rs 231.15 crore going to various states in
March.
Sanctions amounting to Rs 197.64 crore were issued for
acquisition of land and construction of buildings, barracks
and hospitals for central paramilitary forces.
He said four Battalions (around 4,000 personnel) of the
anti-naxal force Special Action Force, earlier known as CoBRA,
in the CRPF have been operationalised today.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 21:39