The Tribune: New Delhi: Friday, July 14, 2017.
For the
protection from the sun and dust, Delhi Police (Traffic) personnel consumed
water and oral dehydration salt (ORS) for more than Rs 2 lakh in the past two
years, nonetheless, for their face mask, Rs 16.5 lakh were spent by the
department.
The
surprising fact has come out in a RTI reply provided by the police. A Rohini
resident also an RTI activist, RS Bansal, requested the Delhi Police (Traffic)
in June that how many traffic police personnel are in the department and what
all the facilities are being provided to them during duty hours for the
protection from the sun, dust and pollution.
The
information was provided for 2015-16 against the protection of summer heat
amongst traffic police personnel total 12 thousand ORS packets were distributed
which costed Rs 52,296.
It is told in
the RTI reply that within two years the traffic policemen were provided with
1,390 masks whose total cost was Rs 16,58,000 as one mask was bought for Rs
1,192.80.
The RTI reply
also tells that the number of masks made available to traffic police were not
sufficient.