The proposal to set up a separate civic police force and police stations was prepared and submitted by the erstwhile additional municipal commissioner of BMC Manu Kumar Srivastav to help enforce civic laws. Former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, who received the proposal, told DNA, "We had asked the BMC to pay for the force. "If they have such huge funds, why they are not willing to bear the cost of the force," he questioned. Senior BMC official said setting up the police force will not be possible without political support. Whenever we write to the police seeking forces, they cite unavailability due bandobast duties for Ganesh festivals, Moharam etc," a BMC official said.

Source: dna July 27, 2017 02:48 UTC