STATE TIMES NEWS
HIRANAGAR: Special Director General, CRPF, J and K Zone, Sachidanand Shrivastava on Wednesday laid foundation stone for construction of boundary wall at Group Center, CRPF, Kootah, Hiranagar.
Pertinent to mention here, the Group Center was raised during 2013 and is presently functioning at Zonal Training Centre, CRPF Nagorata. For establishing GC CRPF, Kootah, approximately 169.76 acres of land have been acquired from Kootah village, Tehsil Hiranagar, District Kathua. On construction of family quarters at GC Tooth, approximately 1,571 men and officers who are away from their families for various anti terrorist naxal /Maoist duties at various parts of the country to save the nation from anti social elements can be able to accommodate their families at GC, CRPF, Kootah for better education of their children and to look after of their families.
Due to lack of family accommodation at their present place of posting, men/officers of this GC and its affiliated units could not be able to keep their families. For the safety and security of the land allotted for GC Kootah, Special Director General CRPF, J and K Zone has laid a foundation stone here today for construction of boundary wall around the campus.
Prominent among those who graced the occasion include Pankaj Kumar IGP CRPF, J and K Zone, Kuldeep Dhar, IGP CRPF, Jammu Sector, K.C Singh Chief Engineer NZ-1, CPWD, P.K Sharma Chief Architect, NZ-1, CPWD, M.C Panwar, DIGP, GC, CRPF Kootah and P.K Aggarwal, SE, CPWD.
