Jammu, March 11 (Scoop News) – Grappling with the daunting task of the welfare of police personnel, especially the martyrs’ families, Jammu and Kashmir Police Organization has embarked upon a massive programme to educate children and help women start their own income generating units.
Dwelling on the welfare initiatives taken in the recent years, the Director General of Police (DGP), Kuldeep Khoda today in a meeting, which was held here to review the working of Police Establishment Welfare Centres said that rehabilitation of the wives of police martyrs besides the retired personnel has been top on the Organization’s agenda and a beginning has already been made at Police Establishment Welfare Centres at district and zonal levels.
Khoda, elaborated that these centres are designed to provide jobs to the police wives and widows of police martyrs. Those having proficiency in different trades like cutting and tailoring, ari-work, sozni work, embroidery and knitting are engaged in these centres, which inter-allia undertake fabrications of uniforms for all the ranks, the workers get Rs. 102 per suit.
“This way a worker earns at least Rs. 4000 per month”, Khoda maintained, adding that the produce in other avocations like embroidery, ari-work and other items are marketed on a big scale. The produce is also put on display and sale during the annual Police Public Melas, being regularly held in the twin capital cities of the State that has become a big event for the shoppers of both these cities. Presently, 250 women are working in these centres.
The DGP said that the workers are provided free transport facilities from the respective police control room to the welfare centres. As a step towards achieving better quality in their production, latest equipments of cutting and tailoring including interlock machine, button whole machine, button machine, cutting machine and stitching machines have been made available at these Centres. “Steps are underway to upgrade these centres on modern lines”, he observed. He said said, that Police Headquarters has provided gensets to ensure uninterrupted power supply to the centres during the working hours.
Reiterating its commitment to work for ameliorating the lot of police families, Khoda said that the Organization has been working in other fields of providing quality education to their children with impetus on modern academics based on information technology. He hoped that these measures would enable the children and the families of police personnel to attain academic excellence besides facing the challenges of the present day world with more vigorous and confidence.
Keen to ensure the welfare of the police families, Mrs. Indu Khoda, Chairperson, JKWWA said that over 80,000 uniform items have been fabricated during the past five years by these Centre, at Jammu and Srinagar, in addition to the various other items.
During the past five years, several other measures were taken to improve the working of these welfare centres, which include better accommodation, better equipment to enhance the quality of service, computerization of records, maintenance of account and better working conditions, she said.