New Delhi: Highlighting the “alarming” surge in crimes, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has proposed a gathering of the cupboard with the Lieutenant Governor to debate the matter. In a letter dated June 19, he wrote to LG V Okay Saxena over the rising crimes within the nationwide capital and the dire have to deliberate on the difficulty. “The seriousness of the situation can be gauged from the heart rending fact that four murders have taken place during last 24 hours in different parts of Delhi,” learn the letter.
“As a responsible citizen and representative of over 2 crore Delhi residents, I express my willingness to extend full cooperation in ensuring the rule of law and safeguard the interests of the people in the NCT of Delhi,” it stated.
In his letter, the chief minister urged the Lieutenant Governor to take quick and efficient measures to revive the religion of the residents in the safety and security of their lives. “Such serious crimes have shaken Delhi. It is high time that those entrusted with the responsibility of ensuring the safety of city residents be not seen as failing time and again in their mandatory duty,” the letter learn.
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Kejriwal additionally drew consideration to the most recent National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, including that it ought to have served as a wake-up name for the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the Lieutenant Governor, each of whom “bear direct responsibility for maintaining law and order in Delhi”. Regretably, no substantial motion has been taken based mostly on this report, which reveals that Delhi alone accounted for 32.2 per cent of whole crimes towards girls amongst 19 metropolitan cities in India, he famous.
“Given such alarming figures, urgent preventive steps on crimes against women were required, but unfortunately for the reasons best known to the MHA and your goodself, nothing changed on the ground,” the letter stated. The AAP supremo alleged (*24*) by the LG and the MHA to take care of the difficulty.
He additionally identified the rise within the variety of personal safety guards employed by residents as a consequence of scarcity of Delhi Police personnel. “I am constrained to state that the kind of urgency required for prevention of crimes in Delhi is completely missing on the part of decision makers responsible for the maintenance of law and order here,” he alleged.
Stressing on the necessity for quick measures corresponding to enhanced police patrolling throughout evening hours, Kejriwal known as for an open dialogue with Delhiites to hunt their enter on enhancing the regulation and order scenario. “I propose a meeting of my cabinet colleagues with your goodself for a meaningful discussion on this important issue,” he added.
He additional recommended that cops ought to have interaction in joint conferences with elected MLAs, councillors, and resident welfare associations (RWAs) to discover efficient methods for crime discount within the metropolis. He additionally known as for the revival of thana-level committees, which beforehand served as platforms for normal and energetic engagement between the police, public and elected representatives till 2013.
