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Saturday, 18 July 2015

20:12

200 Women Cops to add muscle to Shakti Squad

200 Women Cops to add muscle to Shakti Squad

Mumbai: The Railway Police Force (RPF) of the Central Railway (CR) will add another 200 woman constables to its Shakti squad giving a fillip to the security of women in Mumbai locals.

The CR sees at least 45-lakh commuters everyday, of which one-fourth are estimated to be women. Five new groups comprising six to seven women constables will be added to the existing squad.

Besides, another company, consisting of 100 women constables will be added to the total strength of the RPF. The 100-woman constables company has currently been sent to Nashik for security at the Kumbh Mela. They were recruited as part of the 1,450 acquired by the Railways in the country, out of which, 800 have been sent to Mumbai. They will be stationed at various railway stations throughout the city.

“This will give us a major advantage by increasing the presence of women constables at stations. This will help us to deploy more women cops at stations known to have dense traffic such as CST, Dadar, Thane and Kalyan,” he said.The RPF is also trying to the curb the number of chain-snatching incidents on railway stations. “We are trying to curb chain-snatching incidents by asking these constables to be present in ladies compartment during early morning or late night,” said the official.

Wednesday, 15 July 2015

15:53

Diabetic eligible for appointment in government posts: Madras HC

Diabetic eligible for appointment in government posts: Madras HC

A division bench comprising justices V Ramasubramanian and T Mathivanan gave the direction while dismissing a petition by Chief Personal Officer of Southern Railway, denying appointment to a woman on the ground that she was a diabetic.

"In the absence of any scientific evidence to show that a diabetic will not be able to discharge the duties of office, it is not possible to accept the stand taken by the authorities," the judges said.

The bench added, ” This was especially in view of the fact that India has become the world's diabetic capital, probably due to the concerted efforts taken in the past five decades by the food, fertiliser, pharmaceutical and beverage industries." The court pointed out that a global report by the Indian Diabetes Research Foundation had stated that 40.9 million Indians are diabetic.

"Therefore, it is not possible to accept that they are unemployable or that if employed, they would become a liability on the employer," it cited. Railways had challenged the order Central Administrative Tribunal, Madras Bench, directing it to appoint a woman candidate Pushpam to a suitable Grade D post in 12 weeks.

On November 24, 2007, the Deputy Chief Personnel Officer had issued a notification to fill up 3698 Group 'D' posts in SR and in Integral Coach Factory, Chennai. Pushpam was one among 58 candidates declared medically unfit. She then filed an appeal for a medical re-examination, which was done. But Railways in a July 2 2012 certificate opined that she was unfit for employment in A2 category.

Source:One India.