TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Nongpok Sekmai police station in Thoubal district of Manipur was the first on the list of the country’s top 10 police stations in 2020 announced on Thursday after a survey by the ministry of home affairs. An official press release said that the government selects the best-performing police stations across the country every year to incentivise more effective functioning and bring healthy competition.
Nongpok Sekmai PS in Thoubal district of Manipur was the first ranked police station in the survey followed by AWPS-Suramangalam in Salem City district of Tamil Nadu. Other police stations on the list were Kharsang PS at Changlang in Arunachal Pradesh, Jhilmili (Bhaiya Thana) at Surajpur in Chhattisgarh, South Goa’s Sanguem PS in Goa, Kalighat PS at North and Middle Andaman in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Pakyong PS in East District of Sikkim, Kanth PS in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district, Khanvel PS in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Jammikunta Town PS, Karimnagar district of Telangana.
The selection is done in accordance with the directions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Directors General of Police during the 2015 Conference in Kutch, Gujarat. The Prime Minister had said that parameters should be laid down for grading police stations and assessing their performance based on feedback. This year’s survey for the best police stations was conducted under challenging circumstances by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
