Underlining the poor working conditions of junior level police officials in Delhi, State BJP president Vijay Goel on Sunday assured that as part of police reforms the BJP Government will implement special welfare measures for police personnel with fixed working hours and better housing for them. He said it is unfortunate that the police personnel’s working conditions in Delhi have been grossly neglected by the Congress Government during the last 15 years.
“Duty hours of police personnel will be fixed to ensure better efficiency, except, under extraordinary circumstances. The housing facility will be provided to police personnel right from the Constabulary level. Ration Money, that was approved and implemented in 2003 under NDA rule, will be revived,” assured Goel.
Considering the huge stress that the police go through, Goel assured of better infrastructure for them. “There have been reports of police personnel working under tremendous stress leading to several health problems. When voted to power, the BJP will set up mechanism for targeted counselling of the police personnel. Time-bound promotion of police staff will be ensured and salary- related discrepancies will be addressed.”
“When the BJP is voted to power, existing vacancies in the Delhi Police will be filled and additional recruitment will be made so that security of the city is not compromised with. Adequate number of women police personnel will be employed and deployed. The Congress Government has ignored the pressing need for increased participation of women police personnel in Delhi in the wake of sharp spurt in crimes against women in the city,” Goel said.
The Delhi Police are understaffed by some 4,000 personnel. Further, according to the Bureau of Police Research and Development, there is an urgent need for creation of 16,486 posts to increase the workforce in different ranks in the Delhi Police.