Calcutta, March 18 :    Calcutta, March 18:  To check crime in the city, the state home (police) department has decided to break up most of the bigger police stations and create more outposts, officials said on Monday. Already, plans have been chalked out to form three new police stations in the city, which are expected to function from April, sources said. A new police station at Maidan will come up, bifurcating the one at Hastings. Another will be set up near Girish Park and a New Market police station will be formed after dividing the Taltala unit. Maidan police station will come up near Rabindra Sadan, while an old building on Ramdulal Sarkar Street will house the Girish Park police station. The existing Taltala outpost, on S.N. Banerjee Road, will be converted into New Market police station. The three additions take the number of police stations to 46. City police commissioner Sujoy Chakraborty told Metro: 'There was an urgent need for more stations to ensure better policing and management. In a few weeks' time, the three new police stations should help smoother disposal of cases.' The proposal to set up the police stations had been pending for the past year with the home (police) department. It was finally passed after the city police pressed for their formation, citing growing administrative difficulties in the areas. Currently, Calcutta Police is working on a plan to break up portions of the Lakes, Ultadanga, Cossipore and Chitpur police stations to form new outposts. The state home (police) department is also considering a proposal to break up Metiabruz police station into three branches. Years ago, the city and South 24-Parganas police had mooted a plan to bifurcate Metiabruz police station to control crime in the area, but the file is reportedly gathering dust at Writers' Buildings. Superintendent of police (South 24-Parganas) D.K. Ganguly has pressed for the formation of a Rabindra Nagar police station in Behala. The proposal is likely to receive the nod shortly, police sources added.