There are not enough houses for India’s police personnel and those who do have accommodation are highly dissatisfied with it, said a recent report by the Bureau of Police Research & Development
Current Affairs :-Throughout the previous 24 years, police agent Deepika Sawant* has been living in a 180-sq ft level, scarcely the size of four ATM stands set up together, in a police province abutting the Saki Naka police headquarters in Andheri, a west Mumbai suburb.
In July this year, water saturated her third-floor level, harming her TV, roof fan and her bed. “It resembled a cascade inside our home,” Sawant stated, “There was water coming in through each edge of the house. We didn’t have the foggiest idea what to do.”
Sawant alongside her better half and little girl at that point needed to move into a vacant level on the primary floor of a similar structure. The Sawants are among the main three families at present living in this structure, which alongside two different squares were announced perilous by the open works office (PWD) after a basic review. The PWD had given an expulsion notice to the occupants of the structure where Sawant lives in 2017 and for the other two squares in 2019.
The third floor house in the Saki Naka police-office complex where the Sawants lived. One night, water leaked in from all edges of the roof – demolishing the dividers and the floor of the house.
Those living in the dangerous structures were apportioned elective pads in Jogeshwari, 10 km away. Be that as it may, the new pads are a lot littler – a gallery thumps 20 sq ft off their living zone, Sawant whined. What’s more, the elective assignments were just made just a year back, she included.
“A year ago they dispensed us rooms in the nearby wing of a similar structure and in June (2019), they pulled out to the occupants of those wings as well,” Sawant stated, “We are not encroachers, we are local officials. All we are requesting are fitting lodging options.”
The rooms on the ground floor of Wing C of the Saki Naka police-office lodging complex. Portions of the roof and dividers have collapsed. Nonetheless, police work force and their families keep on living on the higher floors.
The issues looked by Sawant and her neighbors are not one of a kind to Mumbai. There are insufficient houses for India’s police work force and the individuals who do have settlement are exceptionally disappointed with it, said an ongoing report by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD). Starting at 2017, just 592,406 family houses were accessible for the police, enough to suit simply 29.7 percent of the 1,989,295 common and furnished police work force.
Of the individuals who have official settlement, more than three of every four (75.96 percent) staff are not happy with it. The rate level of fulfillment has been reliably diminishing in the 10 years prompting 2016. From 2006 to 2016, the rate dropped by 6.05 rate indicates from 30.09 percent 24.04 percent.
Aditi Mehta 