Calcutta, Jan. 19 :    Calcutta, Jan. 19:  The Howrah district police will finally get a new headquarters. The move comes at least five years after the present office, located inside the Howrah court premises, was declared 'condemned' by the public works department. The initiative to transfer the headquarters to a better place was taken by the superintendent of police, Surajit Kar Purakayastha, who is set to take charge of the state branch of the Research and Analysis Wing. The headquarters will be relocated at 40 Salkia School Road, a sprawling plot spread over 37 kottahs behind Golabari police station. According to police sources, a three-storeyed building will be constructed which will house the offices of the police superintendent, additional superintendents and deputy superintendents. The blueprint of the plan is almost ready. The file will be sent to the chief minister's office for approval. The land belongs to the cash-strapped Howrah Improvement Trust, which had approached the district police a year ago. The land had been lying vacant for the last 15 years and is used as a playground by the local boys. 'We cannot definitely say when we are planning to do it. The proposal is still in a very nascent stage. We are making doubly sure that the project does not lose steam in the absence of Mr Purakayastha,' said Rajiv Mishra, additional superintendent of police (town). Officers are glad that they will finally get a new office. 'I will be very happy if this proposal comes through. Our present office is inside the Howrah court. You can well imagine the problems that we face daily,' said the additional superintendent of police (south), Rahul Srivastav. 'Our headquarters looks very shabby from outside. We are hoping that this proposal will come through very soon,' added Mishra. The main hurdle could be the high cost involved. The Howrah Improvement Trust has reportedly asked for a whopping sum, much more than the current market price for this land. Police authorities have asked the trust to revise their quotation.