Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated nine development projects worth Rs. 368 crore and laid the foundation stone for three additional projects amounting to Rs. 32 crore in Chandigarh on December 22.
The ceremony was attended by distinguished dignitaries, including Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator Banwarilal Purohit and the Union Home Secretary.
Addressing the gathering, Union Minister highlighted that the projects, encompassing cleanliness, education, security, residential facilities, and higher education, mark an investment of approximately Rs. 400 crore. The minister also flagged off vehicles dedicated to enhancing the safety of Chandigarh, in addition to issuing appointment letters to 744 youths as Assistant Sub Inspectors and Constables.
Shah commended the Chandigarh Police for successfully implementing the ground-level beat system, influencing police forces across several states.
Emphasizing technological advancements, Shah mentioned the initiation of a hackathon to engage youth in addressing diverse challenges faced by the police, particularly in the realm of technology. He shared that significant strides have been made in digitizing the criminal justice system, with 22,000 e-courts, online data for 2 crore prisoners through e-prisons, and more than 1 crore prosecutions online through e-prosecution.
Additionally, e-forensics provides access to 17 lakh forensic details, while over 90 lakh fingerprint records, Integrated Monitoring of Terrorism (iMOT), data of arrested narco offenders, and the National Database of Human Trafficking Offenders are available online.
Shah affirmed that with the integration of the Crime Multiagency Center, the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, and biometric prisoner data, India’s criminal justice system is poised to transition from the 19th century to the 21st century, becoming the most modern criminal justice system globally.