The Coimbatore City Police have written to the Tamil Nadu government seeking police stations at Marudhamalai, Irugur, and Kalapatti to cope with the exponential growth of population in the city.

At present, the City Police Commissionerate has a Commissioner and is assisted by four Deputy Commissioners of Police and Assistant Commissioners of Police, Inspectors, Sub-Inspectors, Special Sub-Inspectors, and over 2,500 personnel in the constabulary cadre. The city has 20 law and order and investigation police stations, besides 10 special units. With the increase in population, residential colonies have mushroomed across the city, and the police have been expanding their jurisdiction.

The City Police had 15 police stations, but after the car blast of 2022 in front of Kottai Easwaran temple, three new police stations were established at Karumbukkadai, Sundarapuram, and Kavundapalayam. Then came the Vadavaii and Thudialur police stations, which were added to the City Police limits.

Now, to maintain the police-public ratio, the City Police have decided to seek three more police stations. The proposal for the same has been sent to the DGP’s office, from where it would go to the Home Department.

The existing Vadavalli police station will be bifurcated to create the Marudhamalai police station; the Peelamedu police station will be bifurcated, and the areas beyond the railway line will form the jurisdiction of the Kalapatti police station; and the Singanallur police limits will be bifurcated to form the Irugur police station, according to police sources.

Instead of a circle station, the three new stations will be classified as regular police stations, and they would be sanctioned an Inspector, Sub-Inspector, and 30 personnel in the constabulary cadre. The new police stations would help enhance vigil in the form of patrolling, City Police sources said.