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New Delhi : Union Home Minister Amit Shah while visiting the Delhi Police Headquarters in New Delhi on January 19, 2021, paid homage to the brave Corona Warriors of the Delhi Police who laid down their lives for the welfare of society and the nation. On this occasion, Shah honoured the Corona Warriors of Delhi Police and also presented ranks to policemen who were promoted out of turn in recognition of their outstanding work.
Short films ‘2020 ka safar’ and ‘Vijaypath – kahani khaki yoddhaon ki’ were screened on the occasion. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy, Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Director of Intelligence Bureau Arvind Kumar, and Delhi Police Commissioner S N Srivastava and many senior officers of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and Delhi Police were present during the function, according to a PIB release.
Shah, in his address, said that the year 2020 brought many challenges but Delhi Police faced every challenge very well. Whether it was the riots in North East Delhi or the Lockdown, Unlock or the return of migrant labourers to their homes or the farmers agitation, the Delhi Police has emerged with flying colours in all tests. Praising the work done by the Delhi Police during the Corona pandemic, Shah said the force played an exemplary role during the Lockdown, including surveillance from drones, providing medicine to the elderly, feeding labourers and transporting pregnant mothers to hospital. During this pandemic, 7,667 policemen were also infected and 30 Corona Warriors martyred, but the Delhi Police never ever wavered.
Expressing heartfelt gratitude to all the personnel and officers of Delhi Police, the Union Home Minister said that this endeavour will always be written in golden letters in the history of the Delhi Police. Shah said the world’s largest vaccination programme has been started under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi and our challenge will conclude only when mankind achieves complete victory over Corona. We cannot rest comfortably until every needy person gets vaccinated.
Calling upon the Delhi Police to set their targets on the completion of 75 years of India’s Independence in 2022, Shah said every Police Station and all police personnel, from Constable to the Police Commissioner, should set their targets for 2022. He said every organisation and each police personnel will have to set five goals and resolutions for themselves and they will also monitor its progress themselves. The Union Home Minister said this would be the biggest improvement ever and nothing will come in the way of improving public perception about the Delhi Police and solving the problems of the capital. Shri Amit Shah also said that if 130 crore people make this resolution, then it will spur a greater momentum towards development of the country.
Shah said a very important MoU has been signed between the National Forensic Science University and Delhi Police. He said the National Forensic Science University was established when Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat and he was the State’s Home Minister. It was a very ambitious dream of the Prime Minister to establish the world’s first Forensic Science University in Gujarat.
Shah also said that crime control does not simply mean just apprehending the criminal, they should also get the harshest punishment which is possible only when forensic and scientific evidence is placed before courts. The Union Home Minister said that he had talks with Chief Ministers of several states and they all want to set up Affiliated Colleges of the National Forensic Science University in their respective states.
Shah said a world-class data center of the Delhi Police linking more than 15,000 cameras would be set up in Delhi and these cameras would directly help the headquarters in crime control. In the coming days, all cameras at railway stations and those installed by the Delhi government will be linked to the data center. This will prove to be a huge effort in making Delhi a Safe City.