Jayalalithaa lauds police champions, launches major infrastructure schemes
Chennai: Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Friday lauded the prizewinning police champions in various All-India professional and sports competitions, even as she admired the coveted medals and trophies they had brought home.
In appreciation of their outstanding achievements, Ms Jayalalithaa, at a function at the secretariat here, gave away cash prizes to the extent of Rs.1,46,80,000 to the 134 police personnel-winners of various events.
The state DGP, Ashok Kumar, who was among the top police officials present on the occasion, explained to the Chief Minister the different medals and cups won by the state police personnel against each category of events.
In 2013, Ms. Jayalalithaa had increased the prize-money for such accomplishments ten-fold from the modest amounts that prevailed in 2004, said an official press release here.
The events in which Tamil Nadu police personnel came out in flying colours ranged from All India Police Swimming championship, All India Police Athletic meets at Haryana and Kerala to the All India Wrestling, Judo, Gymnastics and Weightlifting competition held in New Delhi in March 2015, under the aegis of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
Speaking on the occasion, Ms Jayalalithaa, congratulated all the winners in the sports and other competitions and exhorted them to keep up this tradition and bring more laurels to the Tamil Nadu police department.
Own your house scheme launched
In a significant boost to meet the housing requirements of the uniformed personnel, particularly police and fire and rescue services personnel who are out all the time on duty, Ms Jayalalithaa on Thursday, through video-conferencing from the secretariat, handed over 2,673 houses built for them under the ‘Own your house’ scheme at Melkottaiyur in Kancheepuram district at a cost of nearly Rs. 460 crores.
Ms Jayalalithaa on the occasion also launched several other infrastructure projects including new buildings for police, prison, fire and rescue services department, and vigilance and anti-corruption departments.
