82 police stations in Maoist-hit dists to have own buildings

The Bihar government has started construction of buildings of 82 police stations in Maoists-hit districts of Bihar at an estimated cost of Rs. 170 crores under a centrally-sponsored police modernization scheme, a minister said today.

The buildings of all 82 police stations in the Maoists-affected districts will be completed within the next 16 months, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav informed the legislative assembly in reply to a question by the JD(U) MLA Virendra Singh.

Construction of buildings of 74 police stations has started and will be completed over the next 10 to 14 months, while projects of the remaining police stations in the Maoists-infested districts were under different stages of approval, Yadav said.

It may be mentioned that the centre has granted Rs. 170 crores to Bihar for construction of the buildings of 85 police stations in the Maoists-affected districts a few years ago.