Police should treat citizens as their "boss" to gain confidence and devote themselves in their service, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said.
"To win public confidence, police should adopt the attitude of a servant and treat people as their boss," he said.
Fadnavis was speaking after inaugurating a new building housing the Mumbai Police Headquarters.
The chief minister, who also holds the Home portfolio, said there was a need to provide more houses for police personnel.
Several policemen are still residing in quarters built during the British era. These quarters were used by the British to house undertrials, Fadnavis said.
Considering the rise in number of police officers in the city, the government had taken a decision to construct the new building in the compound of the old police headquarters in Fort area of South Mumbai, an official release said.
The ground-plus-six-storey building houses the offices of the police commissioner, Crime Branch and other administrative departments of the force. It also has a gymnasium.
A CCTV command centre will be operated from the fifth floor of the building. The sixth floor will have a Police Welfare Centre and a conference hall, it said.
DGP Pravin Dixit, Mumbai Police Commissioner Ahmed Javed and other senior officers were present on the occasion.
Meanwhile, Fadnavis and Javed today also launched two Twitter handles - @CPMumbaiPolice and @MumbaiPolice. "I welcome my team on Twitter @MumbaiPolice. We look forward to a stronger bond with the #Mumbaikars!" tweeted Javed.
Maharashtra Minister of State for Skill Development Dr
Ranjit Patil said, "Employment is the right of the youths and providing it to them is the duty of the government," and asked industries to make jobs available to them as part of their social commitment.
He said 4.5 crore youths of the state are to be trained in various skills, and apprised that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) would train two lakh youths of the state youths, including 50,000 from Vidarbha region.
Patil assured to effect changes in ITI curriculum to suit the needs of the industry.
Fuel, an NGO that works in the field of counseling, presented a cheque of Rs two lakh to Fadnavis towards its Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyaan.
Amravati district Guardian Minister Pravin Pote, MLAs Anil Bonde, Ramesh Bundile, Ravi Rana, Prabhudas Bhilawekar, Patni, Maharashtra Principal Secretary Deepak Kapoor, state Skill Development Commissioner Vijay Waghmare, Amravati Divisional Commissioner Dnyaneshwar Rajgure, Amravati district Collector Kiran Gitte, UNDP's India Head Clement Hove among others were present.
