All-women police stations would soon be set up in Dharamsala and Mandi towns of Himachal Pradesh to curb crimes against women, the State Cabinet decided on Friday.
The Cabinet, presided over by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, decided to open all-women police stations in Dharamsala and Mandi on the lines of the State’s first all-women police station set up in Shimla.The police station is headed by an officer of the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police. It comprises an inspector as the Station House Officer, two sub-inspectors, six head constables and 10 constables. Two constables would be available during the night.
Each police station would have a staff strength of 21. There is also a provision for women vehicle drivers in these police stations. But they are yet to be deployed.The Cabinet also decided to set up a sub-committee for resource mobilisation and economic measures under the chairmanship of Health Minister Kaul Singh Thakur. The other members of the committee are Transport Minister GS Bali and Industries Minister Mukesh Agnihotri.
It was decided to provide funds for maintenance and day to day rituals to be performed in those temples whose land had been vested by the Government or is under the occupancy/non-occupancy tenants, from the revolving fund, as announced by the Chief Minister in his Budget speech 2014-15 for upkeep of such temples and performing regular Pooja.