Set Up Wagholi, Uruli Kanchan Police Stations Immediately: MLA Ashok Pawar
Mrunal Jadhav
Wagholi, October 15, 2020: MLA Ashok Pawar has written a letter to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar demanding immediate approval for separate police stations at Wagholi and Uruli Kanchan. A proposal in this regard has already been sent to the state government. Inadequate police force to the ratio required for the population and increasing crime rate.
The proposal has been pending with the office of the Director-General of Police from the past six months. MLA Pawar has demanded that Ajit Pawar should pay attention and immediately approve the proposal for an independent police station for Uruli Kanchan and Wagholi.
MLA Pawar said, “The population of Wagholi has reached 1.5 to 2 lakh. Wagholi falls under the limits of Lonikand police station under Pune rural police. Considering the growing population and rising crime rate in the area, a proposal to set up a separate police station for Wagholi has already been sent to the Home Department. The proposal has been pending in the office of the Director-General of Police for the past six months.”
Speaking about Uruli Kanchan police station, MLA Pawar said, “Uruli Kanchan is currently under the jurisdiction of Loni Kalbhor police station under Pune rural police. However, considering the growing population of Uruli Kanchan and the rising crime rate in the area, an independent police station was recommended for Uruli Kanchan three years ago.
According to Pune rural police, due to insufficient police personnel in the district police force, the number of police personnel are less in the two police stations. The two separate police stations in Wagholi and Uruli Kanchan will help reduce the crime rates.
