‘No water, power and overflowing toilets’: CRPF personnel guarding Delhi elections face critical housing crisis, write to Delhi Police

To code the concerns of each the jawans, officers from CRPF were deputed to behaviour a thorough on-ground appraisal of the reported deficiencies. “One of the officers successful his study has recovered aft visiting accommodation successful a assemblage centre – Saini Mohalla successful Nangloi – that overflow of mobile toilets and CNG is not providing for the vehicles. In different assemblage centre successful Multan Nagar successful Paschim Vihar, drinking h2o was not provided, portion successful different assemblage centre successful Bakarwala successful Mundka, energy was not disposable from January 20, doors of toilets disposable astatine crushed level are broken, and drinking h2o was not provided,” Verma said aft attaching the on-ground appraisal report.

In the study of on-ground assessment, the serviceman besides visited a assemblage centre successful Jwalapuri successful the Paschim Vihar country and recovered overflow of mobile toilets. The serviceman besides recovered successful different assemblage centre, situated successful Y-Block of Nangloi, that bathrooms were blocked and required to beryllium cleared immediately. “In his report, 1 of the officers has recovered aft visiting accommodation astatine Baba Teja Singh, Radha Swami Satsang Gurudwara, Bakhtawarpur Road successful Alipur that accommodation provided for officers are successful precise mediocre information and 1 country provided to Adhoc 2-IC and aesculapian serviceman are connected stock basis,” Verma said.

In his letter, sent to Delhi Police connected January 23, Verma said, “Moreover, issues like: overflowing toilets, blocked bathrooms and mediocre drainage systems, are further aggravating the situation. The prevailing shortcomings are severely affecting the ratio and morale of the personnel. It is truthful requested that urgent measures beryllium taken to supply the basal necessities arsenic per ECI norms to alteration them to execute their duties efficiently.”

When contacted, a elder serviceman of Delhi Police said that a immense fig of paramilitary unit are coming to Delhi successful phases for predetermination duties and determination were immoderate issues successful the archetypal phase. “We person coordinated with each the agencies and resolved their issues. As of now, they are blessed with the arrangements,” the serviceman said.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has sent 220 companies of CAPF to Delhi for country domination, emblem marches, constituent patrolling, assurance gathering measures and to guarantee the behaviour of free, just and peaceful Assembly elections. As galore arsenic 429 polling booths are declared delicate oregon captious connected the ground of a elaborate information survey, and a bulk of them are located successful North East, South East, and outer districts of Delhi.