Patna police gets new headquarter after 100 years

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday inaugurated the new state police building in Patna. The building named 'Sardar Patel Bhawan' is said to be the strongest building in the state as it is constructed using the anti-earthquake resistant technology at the cost of Rs 305 crore.

The seven storied building with a helipad at the top is spread over almost 53,000 sqft area. Prior to this, police headquarter was located at the old secretariat building since 1917.

Speaking on the occasion, Nitish said that the new police headquarter has been designed using state of the art technology and it can sustain an earthquake of 9 points on Richter scale. The building also has an electricity backup for 10 days in case any disaster hits the state.

"I was in Gujarat when the earthquake had hit the state in 2001. I was told there that if a similar earthquake hits Patna, more than 5 lakh people would be killed and keeping that in mind, we have used the best technology to make this building earthquake-resistant," said Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister.

The Bihar CM on the occasion also took potshots at the police department over rising crime in the state. He said that the state government was taking care of the safety and security of the police by building the new state police building and they should, in turn, take care of the safety of the common man.

"My government thinks about the welfare of the police department and I hope that the police also lives up to my expectation. The police should do something and not leave the criminals free to do whatever they want. Don't leave everything up to God," said the Bihar CM.

Further, Nitish expressed his disappointment over the regular seizures of liquor in the state despite prohibition.

"There is something wrong somewhere because of which liquor is being recovered every day in the state," said Nitish.