Chennai: Tamil Nadu government on Friday
proposed to create over 400 new vacancies in Railway Police.
The move approved by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was
necessitated due to strength not being increased for many
years, a state government release here said.
Accordingly, she has directed reclassification of 19
police stations under Chennai Railway Police district and
directed that 444 new posts including Inspectors and
Sub-inspectors be created.
The government will incur an expenditure of Rs 11.46
crore following the move, the release said.
Meanwhile, in a seperate release, the government said
Jayalalithaa had sanctioned Rs 4.50 crore for constructing
five hostels for students of MBC and Denotified communities
which will come up at Tanjavur and Villupuram among others.
PTI
First Published: Friday, January 27, 2012, 13:29