<p>Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Madhya Pradesh government has decided to recruit over 4,200 police constables in the state, an official said.</p>.<p>State Home Minister Narottam Mishra has asked the Director-General of Police (DGP) Vivek Johri to initiate the process to recruit 4,269 constables at the earliest, a public relations department official said.</p>.<p>The minister gave the instructions during a review meeting held at the police headquarters here on Friday, he said.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-deaths-covid-19-tally-maharashtra-karnataka-delhi-mumbai-bengaluru-icmr-worldometer-info-851629.html" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates on coronavirus here</strong></a></p>.<p>"Besides that, he also sought a proposal from officials concerned to set up police department hospitals on the lines of Army hospitals," the official said.</p>.<p>Mishra said that these police hospitals should be like the military hospitals, where personnel of all ranks are given treatment, he added.</p>.<p>"During the meeting, the minister also granted in-principle approval for other works like shifting of headquarters of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) from Singrauli to Bhopal," the official said. </p>
<p>Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Madhya Pradesh government has decided to recruit over 4,200 police constables in the state, an official said.</p>.<p>State Home Minister Narottam Mishra has asked the Director-General of Police (DGP) Vivek Johri to initiate the process to recruit 4,269 constables at the earliest, a public relations department official said.</p>.<p>The minister gave the instructions during a review meeting held at the police headquarters here on Friday, he said.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-deaths-covid-19-tally-maharashtra-karnataka-delhi-mumbai-bengaluru-icmr-worldometer-info-851629.html" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates on coronavirus here</strong></a></p>.<p>"Besides that, he also sought a proposal from officials concerned to set up police department hospitals on the lines of Army hospitals," the official said.</p>.<p>Mishra said that these police hospitals should be like the military hospitals, where personnel of all ranks are given treatment, he added.</p>.<p>"During the meeting, the minister also granted in-principle approval for other works like shifting of headquarters of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) from Singrauli to Bhopal," the official said. </p>