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After drought, police worried about water riots in Maharashtra
Friday March 08, 2013 12:12:56 AM,
IANS
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Mumbai: Perturbed by
the looming water crises in several parts of the state,
Maharashtra Police has directed its personnel to remain prepared
and handle possible water riots with "sensitivity", the state
police chief said here Thursday.
"I have issued a circular asking police not only to be ready for
such contingencies arising out of the worsening water scenario in
the state, but also handle the volatile situations in a sensitive
manner," Director-General of Police Sanjeev Dayal told IANS.
On the specific issue of "water riots", Dayal said that this was
one of the points in the circular which also spoke of other
situations which the police force would be required to handle.
He admitted that some sections of the media have only highlighted
one issue out of the entire circular. "We have not said anywhere
that water riots are likely to erupt," the DGP said.
The issue of possible strife over water came to the fore Wednesday
when Aurangabad Police Commissioner S. Kukar expressed similar
apprehensions and said that police have been put on alert to
tackle any fallout of the water situation.
Maharashtra has been gripped by drought in several parts of the
state, with the water shortage situation in certain parts of Beed,
Nanded, Parbhani, Jalna, Aurangabad, Nashik and Satara critical
enough to fuel human migration to urban centres.
The state government has been making all-out efforts to combat the
situation and is now requisitioning help of Indian Railway to
ferry water tankers as transportation by roads was not sufficient
to cater to 1,633 villages and 4,490 hamlets facing drought.
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