With the law and order situation deteriorating in the capital in recent times, police officials said quick setting up of these new police stations will help the law enforcers check crime more effectively.

The government plans to increase the number of police stations in Dhaka to 52 and restructure the department by increasing the manpower of DMP. A total of 1,378 new posts have been created for the DMP.

A recent meeting of the home ministry approved the posts. State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar at the meeting admitted that criminal incidents in the city marked rise and are need to be checked.

At the top level of DMP administration, the ministry approved the posts of 2 additional police commissi-oners, 5 joint commissioners and 11 deputy commissioners in addition to the existing force.

The other newly created posts in the DMP are 24 additional superintendents of police, 45 senior assistant superintendents of police (senior ASP), 44 assistant superintendents of police (ASP), 88 inspectors, 85 sub-inspectors (SI) and 900 assistant sub-inspectors (ASI).

The ministry however dissolved the posts of 20 sergeants and 313 head constables in the DMP.

"With these new manpower DMP will be able to work more efficiently and the law and order situation will improve in the city," said the state minister for home at a meeting on the law and order situation.

The government is increa-sing the number of police stations in phases. At present there are 28 police stations in the city. The proposed 12 new police stations may start functioning by this month, sources said.

"The jurisdiction area of DMP will not be expanded. The new police stations will be created splitting the existing area of the metropolis. The jurisdiction area of each police station will become smaller when the new stations will start functioning. It will help the police to work more effici-ently," DMP Commissioner SM Mizanur Rahman told Star City.

The proposed new police stations are Jatrabari, Tejgaon Shilpanchal (industrial area), Shahbagh, Uttarkhan, Dakkh-inkhan, Gendaria, Bangshal, Kalabagan, Chawkbazar, Darussalam, Rampura and Kadamtali.

Jatrabari police station will be formed splitting Demra PS, Tejgaon Shilpanchal splitting Tejgaon PS, Shahbagh splitting Ramna PS, Uttarkhan and Dakkhinkhan splitting Uttara PS, Gendaria splitting Sutrapur PS, Bangshal splitting Kotwali PS, Kalabagan splitting Dhanmondi PS, Chawkbazar splitting Lalbagh PS, Daruss-alam splitting Mirpur PS, Rampura splitting Khilgaon PS and Kadamtali splitting Shyampur PS.

Six of the new police stations will be set up on government property while the rest will be housed in rented buildings.

Each of the new police stations will start functioning with 14 SIs, 11 ASIs and 50 constables under an officer-in-charge (OC).

The DMP commissioner said police manpower should be increased in the capital due to its high density of population. In Dhaka one policeman is there for every 540 people while in entire Bangladesh the ratio is 1:1300.