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NEW DELHI: Kalu police station in Rajasthan ’s Bikaner district has been ranked the best PS in the country on its performance in crime prevention, investigation and disposal of cases, crime detection, community policing and maintenance of law and order.

Around 20% weightage was also given to the police station’s infrastructure and citizen feedback on performance of the police personnel posted at the police station, in the rankings of police stations for 2018, released by the home ministry on Tuesday.

The rankings cover 15,666 police stations and Kalu emerged at the No 1 position. The report on the 2018 rankings said it possesses all necessary facilities for personnel, a women help desk, drinking water facilities and is equipped with wi-fi servers.

The No 2 rank goes to Campbell Bay police station in Nicobar district of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. It too boasts of a separate women help desk, a child-friendly room, an IT room and a proper waiting are for the complainants and visitors.

Third is Farakka police station in Murshidabad, West Bengal, which has facilities like air-conditioners, besides a gymnasium and playground that provide a comfortable environment for public-police interaction. Also it has CCTV cameras, fire safety facilities and oxygen cylinders.

While Kirti Nagar police station in Delhi was ranked 10th best police station in the country in 2017, Kashmiri Gate — the only police station in Delhi to find a place in top 50 — in 2018 was ranked 39th in a list of 87 police stations.

Other police stations that figure in the top 10 rankings of 2018 are Nettapakkam in Puducherry; Gudageri in Dharwad, Karnataka; Chopal in Shimla; Lakheri in Bundi, Rajasthan; Periyakulam in Theni, Tamil Nadu; Munsyari in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand; and Curchorem in South Goa.

In 2017, R S Puram police station in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, was ranked as the best, followed by Panjagutta in Hyderabad and Gudamba in Lucknow.

The 2018 survey covered of a set of police stations short listed from across the country and these were evaluated on the basis of how they dealt with crime against women, crime against SC/ST and property offences. The score were calculated depending on the number of FIRs chargesheeted within 60 days.

The home ministry had started to rank police stations following a direction from Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the DGP conference in Kutch, Gujarat, in 2015. A scheme was accordingly formulated to identify and recognise the 10 best police stations in the country.

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