Daroh police training centre adjudged best

Tribune News Service

Dharamsala, January 13

The Police Training College (PTC), Daroh, in Kangra district has been adjudicated as the best training centre in constable category at the national level. The training centre will get a cash award of Rs 20 lakh and a citation from the Union Ministry for Home Affairs.

The PTC has been adjudicated the best as per the study conducted by Bureau for Police Research and Development (BPR&D), a government of India body.

Principal of the PTC Daroh, Soumya Sambasivan, when contacted, said it was a matter of proud for the entire team of police officials working at the PTC, Daroh. “We will strive to keep up with the standards”, she said.

The PTC is located in Palampur tehsil on the Palampur-Sujanpur-Hamirpur-Shimla state highway. The campus of the PTC has been rechristened as Darongarh after the legendry Rishi Guru Drona.

Prior to the setting up of the Police Training College at Drongarh (Daroh), the training needs of Himachal Police for subordinate ranks were met at the Police Training School, Junga, near Shimla and by the police academies of the states of Punjab and Haryana for the gazetted officers. However, this proved to be a costly and a time-consuming affair. 

The state government then conceptualized the idea of having a Police Training College of its own. This led to the setting up of Police Training College, at Daroh, in July, 1995.

The PTC is equipped to train all the ranks of HP Police, right from the constabulary to the gazetted officers of the rank of DSP. At present, 900 Himachal police constables — about 700 male and 200 female — are undergoing training at the PTC.