Child
marriage, drug abuse and trafficking, and online gambling have spread like
epidemics across remote rural areas. The government wants to strengthen village
courts to address these three social ‘ailments.’
To this
end, the designations of ‘dafadar’ and ‘mahalladar’ are being changed to ‘Village
Police.’ Like other government forces, they will also have a designated ‘logo.’
Their salaries and gratuity allowances will be increased as well.
In
addition, two more female mahalladars and...
