Poll duty : Several cops still waiting for honorarium

Poll duty : Several cops still waiting for honorarium

FPJ BureauUpdated: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 03:55 AM IST
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BHOPAL: The police personnel who had performed their duties in the elections are still waiting for their honorariums. As per the norms the district administration or the district returning officers (DRO) have to pay the amount. According to sources around 80,000 police personnel had performed their duties in the elections. They are entitled to get Rs 250 per day as an honorarium and Rs 150 as a food allowances.

Every personnel will get at least Rs 800, as they had performed the duties for at least two days. While some policemen, have even performed duties for more than two or three days. In two districts Khargon and Dindori half of the police personnel have got the food allowance but for the rest it has turned into a long wait. According to the sources informed that the DROs are not giving the amount, stating that they will be paid by home department.

This is when Election Commission has prepared a jumbo budget of Rs 411 crore for this conduct the election which included the provision for honorarium of the personnel. Policemen allege that DROs are making excuses to provide money. According to policemen awaiting honorarium as per the 2014 guideline of EC every personnel should get honorarium as much as the officials posted at polling stations but the DROs are not taking cognisance of the issue.

The aggrieved personnel told Free Press that they are not raising voice on the issue in the absence of any platform to put up their grievances. Though top officials at the police head quarters (PHQ) are concerned about the issue but chief electoral officer is taking the issue lightly. The CEO, VL Kantha Rao shifted the responsibility to DROs and claimed honorarium has already been distributed, which is in sharp contrast with the claims of the police personnel.

He told Free Press “The honorarium has been given to the police personnel according to the EC guideline, by the DROs at the district level”. On the other hand the SP headquarters Bhopal Dharamveer Singh Yadav said,“The process is under way, we are tallying figures like account number, IFSC code, days of duties and others. Very shortly the amount will be distributed according to the EC norms.”

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