Champawat's Banbasa Police Station is Among the Top Three Police Stations in the Country

• 06 Jan 2023

Why In News?

On January 5, 2023, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami shared this information on Twitter and said that the Union Home Ministry has made Banbasa police station in Champawat district of Uttarakhand bordering Nepal among the top three police stations in the country.

Key Points

• Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that this is a big achievement for Uttarakhand Police, as Banbasa police station of Champawat district has been selected from about 16 thousand police stations in the country. At present, 160 police stations are operational in the state.
• Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is also an MLA from Champawat.
• According to sources in the police department, Banbasa police station has been included in the list of best due to better law and order, speedy disposal of cases, computerization and other parameters.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah will present the award to Station House Officer (SHO) Laxman Singh Jagwan at the DGP conference on January 20. Which ranking will be given in the first three will be announced on the same day.
• Champawat District SP Devendra Pincha confirmed the award. In the year 2022 also, Banbasa police station got the seventh rank in the country.
• It is noteworthy that the Union Home Ministry determines the top police stations on parameters such as crime control and treatment of common citizens.
• SP Devendra Pincha told that there is legal movement from Banbasa to Nepal. On an average, there is movement of more than three thousand domestic and foreign people daily. This police station and the Banbasa Sharda Barrage police outpost, built three decades ago, have played a great role in curbing human trafficking and drug trafficking from the Banbasa border.