Pattabiram police personnel will soon move to a new building, which is being constructed near the existing premises inside Tamil Nadu Police Housing Quarters, on Chennai-Tiruvallur High (CTH) Road.
The Tamil Nadu Police Housing Corporation (TNPHC), the nodal agency for construction work relating to Police Department, is carrying out the work at a cost of ₹88 lakh. The work is nearing completion.
The new building has a separate chamber for inspectors, with attached toilets, and has rooms and washrooms for men and women police separately. The visitors’ hall can accommodate around 100 people at a time. High security lock-ups and arms room, where the armoury of the police station is kept, are available at the building. The entire building will come under the surveillance of CCTV cameras. The ongoing work on a road overbridge (ROB) replacing the existing manned level crossing is the reason the new building is coming up. As per the design, the ramp of the new bridge will be positioned near the existing police station.
Besides, most of the station space will be acquired for the bridge project, which includes laying of service lane and stormwater drains.
Built a few decades ago, the existing station is cramped without any separate rooms for men and women police personnel. Fifty police personnel, including women constables, function from the station. It has one room for office work, where the writer receives the complaints. A portion of the office room is used as a lock-up for suspects and only cabins are available for inspectors. A small veranda now acts as visitors’ hall.
“Availability of huge space within the existing premises and easy accessibility for complainants are the major reasons for constructing a new building on the same location,” says a police source.