Agartala, Oct 7(TIWN): The remaining work of Central Jail under construction at Ghanjamara in Bishalgarh sub division will be completed by October 20, informed Secretary of Jail, Samarjit Bhowmik here on Monday at civil secretariat. He said that 99 percent work has been done and rest would be completed within a short time.

On October 3, he along with a team of officials from PWD, police, district administration and jail reviewed the progress of work.

He said that 99 percent work has been done and rest would be completed within a short time adding, on October 3, he along with a team of officials from   PWD, police, district administration and jail reviewed the progress of work.

     It may be recalled that Chief Minister Manik Sarkar was schedule to inaugurate the central jail on October 2 – birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi .The programme was postponed after Chief Minister reportedly expressed displeasure after reviewing the progress of work.

     He instructed the concerned department s to get the prison ready at their earliest to ensure planned shifting of inmates and jail administration. Mr. Sarkar would visit the new central jail at a suitable time to oversee the facilities again in the month of October.                                           .
      The new central jail premise at Bishalgarh is biggest and modern in northeast India. This has the capacity to house 975 convicts and under trials. The jail has a separate compound for female prisoners.

  All facilities like kitchen, big dining hall, playground, sentry barrack, administrative building, vocational training center, hospital, playground, watch towers, water pump and staff quarters are available in the new jail

The jail also has a separate cell for detainees granted division by the courts. However new jail does not have gallows and there is none in death row in Tripura now.

Existing central jail was built by Tripura’s erstwhile king in 1874 to accommodate mere 355 inmates. It saw slight expansion over the years, but felt need for a new premise due to overcrowding.