Gujarat Police to have a helicopter

Gandhinagar

The Government of Gujarat has constituted two committees to purchase a separate helicopter for state police.

Gujarat is border state with longest coastline in India.For surveillance, rescue and intervention  purposes the state government has taken a decision to purchase  a helicopter for its Police forse.

For smooth purchase process, two committees have been formed. While one  committee will review the technical aspects, the other committee will carry out purchase procedure.

The purchase committee will be led  by additional chief secretary, department of home, government of Gujarat with principal secretary, DGP, civil aviation director and IGP as members.

A 9 -member technical review committee will be led by additional DGP Admin. It will have representative of Delhi based civil aviation director general office, representative of Hindustan Aeronautics company, chief pilot of GUJSAIL company, helicopter engineers of BSF and Air Force, expert from Indian Coast Guard as members.

The procedure will involve technical specifications, tender, techical scrutiny, lowest bid etc stages.

DeshGujarat