Friday, January 29, 2010

[ZESTCaste] BSP govt to raise spcl force to protect Dalit memorials

 

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BSP govt to raise spcl force to protect Dalit memorials

Updated on Friday, January 29, 2010, 00:29 IST Tags:Mayawati, VIP
force, statues

Lucknow: The grand memorials the BSP government has built for Dalit
icons here and in Noida are still mired in legal battle but that has
not deterred it from coming out with a proposal for raising a special
security force at a cost of about Rs.60 crore for protecting them.

A bill, titled "State Special Region Security Bill, 2010", tabled in
the Uttar Pradesh Assembly by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Lalji
Verma, aims at providing security to the various memorials, status and
parks set up in the state.

The measure describes the memorials, parks and other important places
as "special region" for the purpose of providing security to them.
While the UP government estimates place the cost of the memorials in
Lucknow at Rs. 2,600 crore, the one in Noida, near Delhi, is around
Rs.650 crore.

They include the Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Sthal, Dr
Ambedkar Bihar, Manyavar Kanshiramji Smarak Sthal as well 13, Mall
Avenue (the bungalaow allotted to Chief Minister Mayawati when she was
CM earlier and has since then been converted into a memorial) and the
Gautam Buddh Nagar Samta Moolak Sthal in Noida, near Delhi.

Following public interest ligation in Supreme Court in the wake of
raging controversy over public money being spent on these memorials,
work in all these memorials has been put on hold.

Under the bill, the raising of the force would cost Rs53 crore while a
recurring annual expenditure is estimated at around Rs.14 crore,
excluding the expenditure on land required for purpose of having
infrastructure for the force.

IPS and PPS officers would be appointed to head the top positions in
the new force while subordinate staff would be directly recruited.

In the initial stage, only one battalion of the force would be raised
but the state government would have the right to expand it.

PTI

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