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882 Covid Infected Cops Get Rs 5000 Each As Relief

6:56 pm May 25, 2021

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police Director General has sanctioned Rs 44.10 lakh as special relief in favour of 882 police personnel of Jammu and Kashmir Police who had were t infected by the COVID-19, a police spokesman said.

Health workers extracting plasma from an individual who survived Covid-19 infection. The special camp in which cops donated their plasma was organised by SKIMS in Srinagar on July 22, 2020. KL Image: Bilal Bahadur

“Since the outbreak of the 2^nd wave of COVID-19, the J&K police personnel have been working day in and day out in implementing the government directives to check the spread of COVID-19. Despite precautionary measures, many policemen on the ground are contracting the disease and getting infected. To provide them with some financial assistance DGP, J&K sanctioned the relief of Rupees 44.10 lakh in favour of 882 COVID affected police personnel,” the spokesman said.

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The amount has been sanctioned out of Police Pariwar Fund through two different orders issued by the police headquarters today. Under these orders, Rs 5,000 each has been sanctioned in favour of these affected police personnel. The move is part of the assistance provided by the Police Department to personnel affected by COVID-19, since the outbreak of the pandemic last year.

Worth mentioning here that police headquarters during last year sanctioned special relief of Rupees 52 lakh in favour of 966 COVID affected police personnel.

Policeman stands guard near a Mobile Covid-19 Testing van in Srinagar on Sunday 10 May 2020. The facility has been converted into a quarantine facility for Kashmiris, who returned home after being stranded for almost three weeks at different places across India. Till the test results are received, they will have to undergo necessary quarantine. KL Image: Bilal Bahadur.

Under one order 345 personnel have been granted special assistance. Among them, 01 are posted in IGP Kashmir Zone office, 10 in IGP Armed Kashmir office, 02 in DIG Armed Srinagar office, 02 in FA/CAO PHQ, 49 in District Srinagar, 09 in District Budgam, 08 in District Ganderbal, 44 in district Anantnag, 05 in district Kulgam, 08 in district Pulwama, 01 each in District Shopian and Police District Awantipora, 06 in PCR Jammu, 15 in District Baramulla, 05 in Police District Sopore, 02 in District Kupwara, 06 in District Handwara, 24 in District Bandipora, 03 in PCR Kashmir, 01 in ACB Kashmir, 07 in CID SB Kashmir, 02 in CID CI Kashmir, 04 in Crime Kashmir, 03 in Crime Jammu05 in PTWS J&K, 19 in Railway Kashmir, 09 in Security Kashmir, 13 in Telecom Kashmir, 05 in Traffic City Srinagar, 08 in JKAP 5^th BN, 01 in JKAP 9^th Bn, 03 in JKAP 11^th Bn, 04 in JKAP 12^th Bn, 02 in JKAP 13^th Bn, 05 in JKAP 14^th Bn, 05 in IRP 3^rd Bn, 04 in IRP 4^th Bn, 03 in IRP 6^th Bn, 02 in IRP 8^th Bn, 01 in IRP 10^th Bn, 05 in IRP 11^thBn, 07 in IRP 13^th Bn, 01 each in IRP 14^th Bn and IRP 17^th Bn, 05 in IRP 20^th Bn, 06 in IRP 21^st Bn, 01 in IRP 23^rd Bn and 08 in Police Hospital Srinagar.

Under another order, 537 police personnel have been granted special assistance. Among them, 06 are posted in Doda, 112 in District Jammu, 47 in District Kathua, 05 in Kishtwar, 16 in Poonch, 34 in Rajouri, 19 in Ramban, 16 in Reasi, 18 in Samba, 26 in Udhampur, 06 in GRP, Jammu, 07 in IRP 12^th Bn, 10 in IRP 14^th Bn, 18 in IRP 15^th BN, 21 in IRP 16^th Bn, 12 in IRP 18^th Bn, 07 in IRP 19^th, 04 in IRP 1^st Bn, 06 in IRP 22^nd Bn, 22 in IRP 24^th Bn, 07 in IRP 2^nd Bn, 03 in IRP 5^th Bn, 03 each in IRP 7^th Bn, ARP 5^th, AP 6^th Bn, 11 in Ap 7^th Bn, 11 in Ap 8^th Bn, 01 in PCR Jammu, 11 in PTS Kathua, 06 in PTTI Vijaypur, 12 in Securty Jammu, 01 SHQ J&K, 18 in SKPA Udhampur, 01 in SSG J&K, 02 in STC Talwara, 21 in Telecom Jammu, 11 in Traffic City Jammu and 01 each in AROJ, CID CI Jammu and Crime Jammu.