The building has a carpet area of 1.60 lakh sq ft and almost Rs 110 crore was spent for it construction in the past four years. The basic plan of the building was to accommodate all field units of Nagpur Police including Offices of Police Commissioner, Joint CP, three Addl CPs; Crime Branch, EOW, Special Branch (SB), Bharosa Cell, Control Room and others. The idea behind the ‘One roof, One police unit’ was to provide solution to the citizens at one place with direct supervision of top officials on field units, an official informed ‘The Hitavada’.

The building has two parts. Six floors on one side have been allotted to Nagpur Police, a strong force of 7,500 police personnel, while five floors of another side have been given to the Nagpur Rural Police. The PCR and SID will also occupy offices on the sixth floor of the building.

DCP Crime Branch and DCP EOW have been allotted cabins at the new building but there is no space for their office staff. The officers had to ask their staffers to stay put at the Crime Branch office in Gittikhadan and EOW office in Civil Lines. “Such unplanned arrangement will destroy the motive of supervision as the junior officers of Crime Branch and EOW will end up spending time in running to ‘Police Bhavan’ with files,” a retired police officer said.

Similarly, the Bharosa Cell, which requires continuous supervision, will also not be accommodated in the ‘Police Bhavan’ due to insufficient space. The Cell is operating from a rented accommodation near IT Park for the past five years. Another problem that may crop up in the future is of parking as the visitors would be keeping their vehicles at West High Court road. The arrangement of entry and exit gates, too, is set to create traffic congestion, according to officials.