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GRP merger with police gets panel's nod, lower rung cops hail decision

| Friday | 24th November, 2017

The idea will now be discussed threadbare by finance department as the state government will have to bear the entire expense of running GRP police stations if the merger takes place. The merger will only result in more inconvenience for public if it is not implemented in the right spirit," said retired bureaucrat BK Singh, a resident of Viramkhand, Gomtinagar, whose luggage was stolen from Lucknow Mail recently. While gazetted officials unanimously insisted that GRP should remain independent, lower rung policemen welcomed the idea of bringing the six divisions under district police force.The proposal was initiated November 10 onwards, when DGP Sulkhan Singh stressed upon the need to merge the two units. "We struggle to get complaints registered now. LUCKNOW: The committee set up to evaluate the proposal for merger of government railway police (GRP) with civil police has come out in favour of the move, with 26 ayes and 7 noes, paving the way for amalgamation of the two units which have been working independently since 1937.DGP headquarters had constituted a four-member committee headed by additional SP Sarvesh Kumar Mishra to get opinion of GRP personnel on the proposal.The report submitted by the committee favours bringing GRP under district police superintendent for better results.

LUCKNOW: The committee set up to evaluate the proposal for merger of government railway police (GRP) with civil police has come out in favour of the move, with 26 ayes and 7 noes, paving the way for amalgamation of the two units which have been working independently since 1937.DGP headquarters had constituted a four-member committee headed by additional SP Sarvesh Kumar Mishra to get opinion of GRP personnel on the proposal.The report submitted by the committee favours bringing GRP under district police superintendent for better results. While gazetted officials unanimously insisted that GRP should remain independent, lower rung policemen welcomed the idea of bringing the six divisions under district police force.The proposal was initiated November 10 onwards, when DGP Sulkhan Singh stressed upon the need to merge the two units. The idea will now be discussed threadbare by finance department as the state government will have to bear the entire expense of running GRP police stations if the merger takes place. At present GRP expenses, including salary, building maintenance and rent, pension and other allowances, are shared equally between railway ministry and state government.GRP personnel are responsible for security and public order at railway stations and in trains besides prevention and detection of criminal incidents.Gazetted officials cited the model in other states where GRP is given status of a different cadre altogether and thus leads to better training of personnel ensuring they have required skills.The officials also said that district SPs are already burdened and will not be able to give time to railway crimes.However, lower rung personnel favoured merger and claimed that GRP is considered to be punishment posting and those having no influence are posted for years while others having political patronage enjoy field postings.The committee is yet to discuss the impact of the proposed merger on passengers in detail."We struggle to get complaints registered now. The merger will only result in more inconvenience for public if it is not implemented in the right spirit," said retired bureaucrat BK Singh, a resident of Viramkhand, Gomtinagar, whose luggage was stolen from Lucknow Mail recently.

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