Uttarakhand gets first police training college

Uttarakhand chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank today inaugurated the hilly state's first police training college at Nargendranagar town in Tehri district.
    
Police personnel would get the best training from the college and serve the state in a better way, Nishank said. He also announced a grant of Rs7.2 crore for various works to be undertaken in the college.
    
For the last ten years, the personnel used to undergo training in other states like Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
    
DGP Jyoti Swaroop Pande lauded Nishank's role in the welfare of police personnel and thanked him for creating 4,000 new posts in the force.
    
In the first batch, a total of 120 police constables will start training from today and complete the course in nine months, Pande said.
    
"We have prepared a new curriculum which is tailor-made for the requirements of the state like heavy tourist inflow," he said. The DGP hoped that these requirements would now be met with the functioning of the college.