Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday approved a proposal for creating 2,500 new Home Guard posts to strengthen law enforcement and public safety in Odisha.
According to a CMO release, this approval has taken the sanctioned strength of Home Guards in the state from 17,675 to 20,175 and aligns with Majhi’s earlier commitment to bolster law enforcement machinery by expanding its manpower.
After a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on April 9, the CM said that the state government has already initiated administrative measures to fill up over 12,000 vacant posts in the Home Department to further strengthen the law enforcement agencies and improve the justice delivery system. The recruitment drive will include positions across key units such as Odisha Special Striking Force (3,003 posts), Odisha Industrial Security Force (3,000), traffic police (2,000), home guards (5,000), Directorate of Public Prosecution (267), and State Forensic Science Department (254).
He further informed about plans to set up 20 cyber police stations and introduce the post of Crime Scene Officer at every police station to deal with the rising number of cybercrime cases.
