Punjab revives over 300 posts of warders to strengthen jail security

Punjab cabinet today decided to revive 305 posts of warders and 20 posts of Assistant Superintendents in the jail department to augment security in prisons across the state.
The decision, aimed at providing the prison authorities with sufficient manpower to further secure the jails, was taken at a meeting of the cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh here, an official spokesperson said.
Giving details about the revival of prison posts, the spokesperson said these posts had been deemed to be abolished as they had been lying vacant for more than six months.
The cabinet considered it necessary to revive them in order to augment the prison strength to prevent recurrence of Nabha jail break kind of incidents and Gurdaspur Central Jail type of riots, he said.

The recruitment for these posts will be done by DG Punjab Police.
The Cabinet also gave its nod to the appointment of Everest summiteer Prithvi Singh Chahal as Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Punjab Police, as a special case, the spokesperson said

The appointment was in line with the state government's commitment to promote sports and provide job avenues to sportspersons, he said.
As the youngest mountaineer to scale Mt. Everest, which he conquered at the tender age of 17 years, one month and 23 days, Chahal's case was deemed special as the cabinet felt it would encourage adventure sports in the state.

It is the second such decision by the cabinet, which last year okayed the appointment of woman cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur as a DSP in Punjab Police.