Pune Municipal Corporation’s anti-encroachment drive is hampered by a lack of police personnel, with only 38 officers available for duty instead of 158 sanctioned positions. The shortfall is making anti-encroachment drives difficult and risky, with organised hawkers becoming increasingly violent towards PMC workers. Despite the government approving 158 vacancies for police officers in 2014, there is still a vacancy of 120 posts. The PMC wants to ensure that citizens don’t face any inconvenience due to illegal construction and to remove illegal encroachment and unauthorised hawkers from public areas.
Staff crunch hampers PMCs anti-encroachment drive
