<p>Dergaon, Assam: Union Home Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/amit-shah">Amit Shah</a> on Saturday inaugurated the first phase of the revamped police academy at Dergaon in Golaghat district.</p><p>He also laid the foundation stone for the next phase.</p><p>After the inauguration, Shah was apprised of the facilities at the 'Lachit Barphukan Police Academy' by DGP Harmeet Singh. Shah then took a tour of the building, where senior officials also clicked photographs with the home minister.</p><p>He was accompanied by Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/himanta-biswa-sarma">Himanta Biswa Sarma</a> and Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal, among others.</p><p>Shah arrived in Dergaon on Friday evening for a three-day tour of Assam and Mizoram.</p><p>Spread over 340 acres, the academy is being refurbished at an estimated cost of Rs 1,024 crore in two phases, officials said.</p><p>The Rs 167.4 crore first phase includes a five-story building housing smart classrooms, weapon stimulator, research labs and administrative offices, among other facilities, besides a museum and a modern parade ground.</p><p>"This modern infrastructure is designed to give the trainees both theoretical and practical aspects of police training seamlessly," an official said.</p><p>The weapon training stimulator will help in preparing law enforcement personnel for real-world combat scenarios in a completely safe environment without involving risks, hazards and costs, he said.</p><p>The stimulator can be adapted to a number of firearms to impart basic training, hone firing skills and test the skill level of the trainees.</p><p>It is aimed at training recruits for special courses as well as in commando training, the official said.</p><p>The smart classrooms will feature interactive digital boards and personal computers. The building will also have library, computer labs and seminar rooms.</p><p>A museum and a modern parade ground have also been constructed as part of the first phase, the official said.</p><p>Housing infrastructure at the academy is proposed to be developed in the second phase at a cost of Rs 425.48 crore.</p><p>It will provide residential quarters for 240 families, hostels for 312 officers/ personnel and 2,640 trainees, he added.</p>
<p>Dergaon, Assam: Union Home Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/amit-shah">Amit Shah</a> on Saturday inaugurated the first phase of the revamped police academy at Dergaon in Golaghat district.</p><p>He also laid the foundation stone for the next phase.</p><p>After the inauguration, Shah was apprised of the facilities at the 'Lachit Barphukan Police Academy' by DGP Harmeet Singh. Shah then took a tour of the building, where senior officials also clicked photographs with the home minister.</p><p>He was accompanied by Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/himanta-biswa-sarma">Himanta Biswa Sarma</a> and Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal, among others.</p><p>Shah arrived in Dergaon on Friday evening for a three-day tour of Assam and Mizoram.</p><p>Spread over 340 acres, the academy is being refurbished at an estimated cost of Rs 1,024 crore in two phases, officials said.</p><p>The Rs 167.4 crore first phase includes a five-story building housing smart classrooms, weapon stimulator, research labs and administrative offices, among other facilities, besides a museum and a modern parade ground.</p><p>"This modern infrastructure is designed to give the trainees both theoretical and practical aspects of police training seamlessly," an official said.</p><p>The weapon training stimulator will help in preparing law enforcement personnel for real-world combat scenarios in a completely safe environment without involving risks, hazards and costs, he said.</p><p>The stimulator can be adapted to a number of firearms to impart basic training, hone firing skills and test the skill level of the trainees.</p><p>It is aimed at training recruits for special courses as well as in commando training, the official said.</p><p>The smart classrooms will feature interactive digital boards and personal computers. The building will also have library, computer labs and seminar rooms.</p><p>A museum and a modern parade ground have also been constructed as part of the first phase, the official said.</p><p>Housing infrastructure at the academy is proposed to be developed in the second phase at a cost of Rs 425.48 crore.</p><p>It will provide residential quarters for 240 families, hostels for 312 officers/ personnel and 2,640 trainees, he added.</p>