DGPs’ meet focuses on security, development in border villages

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, November 21

The issue of development and security of villages along the border with Pakistan was highlighted at the two-day conference of DGPs that concluded in Lucknow on Sunday.

Villages in Punjab and also in areas of Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch are close to the border with Pakistan. There have been many attempts to drop ammunition and drugs in border villages by using drones.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the discussions and gave suggestions during the conference. In the run-up to the conference, core groups of DGPs were formed for holding discussions on key aspects of national security such as development of border villages, prison reforms, terrorism, left wing extremism, cyber-crimes, narcotics trafficking, foreign funding of NGOs, drone-related risks, etc.

Addressing the valedictory session of the conference on Sunday, the PM called for analysis of all police-related incidents and developing case studies, to make it an institutionalised learning mechanism. He suggested development of inter-operable technologies which would benefit police forces across the country.

Modi called for constituting a high-powered police technology mission, under the leadership of the Union Home Minister, to adopt future technologies for policing requirements. Citing the importance of technology in the lives of public, the Prime Minister gave examples of CoWIN and the banking enabler UPI. The conference was attended by 62 senior officials that included DGPs, IGPs, DGs of Central Armed Police Force.