SSP Khatri had deliberately read the list out loud to take a potshot at the government for its failure to do its bit for the security agencies of the country.

Stating that despite being one of the most vital part of the nation’s security mechanism, Khatri said the police force have time and again been compelled to take the help of local businessmen and generous individuals to buy (or sometimes get) bricks, corrugated metal sheets and other construction materials just to construct a police building.

“The Police Training Centre on whose premises the new building for the regional arms and ammunition repairs was constructed was itself unmanaged and chaotic. It was only after using our regular budget, including 13 bundles of corrugated metal sheets donated by the District Administration Office and bricks and other essentials provided by local businessmen had we been able to construct the building to house and repair damaged arms,” Khatri said.

The building, inaugurated by the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Keshab Adhikari of mid-western zone on Friday, was constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 650,000.

And while this is just an example of government apathy towards its own security agencies, the police force have been facing a hard time safeguarding the arms and ammunitions at the police posts that were partially or severely damaged during the insurgency period.

“As the limited quota of gasoline given to us is insufficient to conduct regular patrolling, we have to seek the help of the locals for this as the officers higher up themselves order us to manage the fuel ourselves,” said a police personnel at the Area Police Office.

During the insurgency period, 224 police posts and units in the district had been partially or completely damaged. Altogether 43 of these posts have already been reconstructed and 17 are currently being renovated.

Meanwhile, 57 police units located in remote areas of the district are not even build on their own land and that they do not even have basic facilities, including restrooms and canteens.

Stating that some 27 police units were being operated from the buildings of other government offices and that the rise in the number of prisoners escaping from them by taking advantage of the situation had become a major headache, an in-charge at a remote police post said that they have no other option but to bear the brunt of the government inefficiency.