Women stand guard at night against thieves

First such squad in the district, police are all praise for the six-month-old initiative at the same time as crime charges drop visibly

Like the Indian women’s cricket team of 11 players shouldering accountability of the entire country, 11 brave women of Aurangpur have taken it up on themselves to protect the village throughout the night time.

As the clock moves 9.30 in the night time, women wielding lathis, torches and sirens pop out of their homes and sign up for the Gram Suraksha Dal. This is their day-to-day affair till three.30 am simply to stay thieves at bay. As a results of this, no longer a single instance of theft or robbery has been reported to Narayngaon police station in the remaining six months from this village, about 80 km from Pune.

The villagers decided to constitute this firstits-kind women's squad after lots of them confirmed willingness to sign up for the Gram Suraskha Dal, which has always been male-dominant. Initially, there have been three women in the squad however now the quantity has reached to 11. On rotation foundation, all of the women participate in the patrolling squad. They were given the accountability to test any suspected vehicles entering the village house. The women were equipped with jackets and id cards also besides barricades being provided through native police stations.

Talking to Pune Mirror, Kunda Kamte, member of Gram Suraksha Dal, mentioned, “Being a woman many of us have labored as sarpanch and contributors of gram panchayat. We sought after to end up ourselves through being the part of this squad. We aren't doing anything else other however we're simply securing our own village. Because of presence of ladies in the squad, police, maybe out of embarrassment, are also retaining regular patrolling in the house with out fail."

“We always stay in touch with the beat marshals and police station while patrolling throughout the night time. We were provided with battery-operated sirens through the police that we use whenever there is any suspicious actions,” mentioned Rohini Isave, another member of the squad.

Village sarpanch Chatrali Dukre mentioned, “With energetic participation through women, our neighbouring villages are also thinking to create such squads. Because of rotation, no family lifestyles is getting disturbed too. We are managing our day work accordingly whenever there's a turn of any member,” she mentioned. “The observe has been continuing in the village for the previous few months following extraordinary upward thrust in circumstances of robbery and police failure to test crime,” she added.

Arjun Ghode-Patil, assistant inspector and answerable for Narayangaon police station, mentioned, “Earlier thefts and burglaries at night time had made other people spend sleepless nights. Finally, the villagers themselves formed teams for neighborhood policing in night time. The impressed women also joined them accordingly. This is first such squad in the district, ” he mentioned. “We just lately felicitated them for surroundings a super state of affairs prior to women in within reach villages. This is definitely serving to us so much at a time after we are wanting workforce,” he added.