chandigarh the aap government has made a budgetary allocation of rs 10523 crore to strengthen the police force for maintenance of law and order in the border state this depicts an increase of 11 in the budget allocation on law and order as compared to aap governments first budget in june last yearfinance minister harpal singh cheema also proposed a dedicated allocation of rs 64 crore for modernization of police forcesas numerous questions have been raised about state polices intelligence failure leading to serious crime incidents during the aap governments oneyear tenure since march last year the finance minister shared that the government is fortifying its counter intelligence wing with latest equipment and infrastructure for which an outlay of rs 40 crore has been proposedto strengthen security infrastructure in districts sharing their border with hostile neighbour pakistan the government has made an initial allocation of rs 40 crore for installation of cctv cameras near to the international border besides ensuring adequate lightening provisions and highend vehicles for mobility of police force to handle any kind of eventualitysimilarly an initial allocation of rs 30 crore has been proposed to enhance the capabilities and modernize the cyber crime setup of state police as sophisticated threats of cyber warfare and cyber crime are being faced the minister has also proposed an allocation of rs 33 crore for purchase of land for police lines police stations and other police offices besides rs 10 crore for construction and renovation of police complexes and buildings this yeara special assistance of rs 26 crore has been proposed to help the police housing corporation repay its loan from housing and urban development corporation