Bharti Arora Harassment Case

Bharti Arora harassment case - The transfer of Gurgaon DCP (traffic) Bharti Arora amid her legal battle with the private concessionaire of Delhi-Gurgaon expressway raised many questions. Arora had been fighting the case against poor performance of the contractor. The 1998 batch IPS and an alumnus of Delhi University’s Miranda House had presented a foolproof case against the contractor in the high court. While Bharti Arora court order moves on to her next assignment as police chief of Rewari, she shares her experience with Aditya Dev. Bharti Arora Police Officer

Viable solutions on NH-8

“We have been repeatedly asking the NHAI and DGSCL to install more toll gates, introduce staggered lane system, mobile ticketing and find engineering solutions to traffic going towards Ambience Mall from Udyog Vihar side. We constantly emphasized on opening of Udyog Vihar link road which would take 20-40 % burden off the main carriageway. Now, I am happy that the private concessionaire has agreed to most of our suggestions. You will see a lot of improvement in the coming months. Road infrastructure like foot overbridges, underpasses and flyovers are not only vital to smoothen traffic movement, but also to save many lives which are lost in accidents. Construction of the remaining FOBs on the stretch between Rajiv Chowk and Kherki Dhaula will reduce pedestrian casualties. HUDA has in principle agreed to build underpasses at Rajiv Chowk, IFFCO Chowk and South City.” Bharti Arora vs Union of India

On slip roads and connectivity

“To make people respect traffic rules. It is a continuous process that needs awareness programmes, besides issuing challans. Another issue is the problem of traffic congestion on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway. Traffic jams extending to several kilometers were happening on a daily basis. We kept writing letters to various agencies – HUDA, MCG, NHAI and DGSCL, among others – to improve the situation. There was no response for many months, but things started improving after Praveen Kumar took over as HUDA administrator. Removal of roundabouts, construction of slip roads, and expansion of service lanes at major intersections opened many bottlenecks. There is a shortage of manpower in our department and it needs at least four times more staff. Recruitment is under way now in Haryana police, so let’s hope for the best.”

On experience in Gurgaon

“My two years in Gurgaon have been quite enriching. The residents appreciated the efforts taken to improve the traffic situation. Our Facebook page played a bridge between the department and the people, who told us about their problems as well as gave us suggestions. When I started, the road infrastructure in Gurgaon was in a mess due to which traffic snarls were an everyday affair. Drunk driving was a big menace resulting in several deaths. Traffic challan figures were below one lakh. That figure doubled within a year and crossed 3 lakh in the second year. While I succeeded in improving some of the things, I wanted to do a lot more.”

Two permanent bottlenecks

“The incumbent DCP will need to take the issues being raised by our department to their logical conclusion. The new DCP should take up the issue of Hero Honda Chowk and Kherki Dhaula toll plaza. These two spots on the e-way are major bottlenecks. Road safety officers (citizen volunteers), who have been doing a good job, should be further utilized.”

Bharti Arora Haryana police officer

Bharti Arora Haryana police officer - Haryana's whistleblower and lady IPS officer Bharti Arora, who shot into prominence in October 2015 after she had levelled serious allegations against the then Gurgaon Police Commissioner Navdeep, will now supervise and monitor the functioning of the teams constituted in all districts of the State to effectively check slaughter and smuggling of cows. Bharti Arora court order

The proposal to this effect has been cleared by Chief Minister Manohar Lal who is much worried about cow smuggling than the growing menace of drug addiction in the state.

A six year old controversy had cost dear to Bharti Arora during last year when Haryana government had transferred her as a principal of a government sports school in Rai near Sonipat last year. This was the first time when an IPS officer was posted as a principal in a school. Bharti Arora vs state of Haryana

Bharti Arora had hogged limelight in October 2015 when she had levelled serious allegations of harassment, mental torture and interference in a high profile rape case against Gurgaon Police Commissioner, Navdeep Virk. Bharti Arora vs Jyotsna Bhardwaj

She was transferred as Gurgaon Joint Police Commissioner on October 12 and posted as Deputy Inspector General of Police, Welfare and Training at Police Headquarters, Panchkula.

Sources said a controversy had kicked off between the lady cop and the then Ambala Cantonment MLA Anil Vij (now Health Minister). Anil Vij had led a protest against the then Congress government in 2009 and had blocked the road. Bharti Arora who was posted as Superintendent of Police had acted against him and had ordered his arrest. Anil Vij was later granted bail in the case.

When contacted, Anil Vij termed the controversy a thing of the past and praised Bharti Arora for being a disciplined officer.

Earlier in November 2015 another woman IPS officer Sangeeta Kalia was shunted out out of Fatehabad after a verbal spat with Anil Vij.

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IPS Bharti Arora Court Order Against Jyotsna Bhardwaj Harassment Case

Bharti Arora court order – Police officer Bharti Arora, whose initiative led to the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway becoming toll free for a fortnight, was transferred ahead of a crucial hearing in the case on Thursday, an official said today.

Ms Arora, the Deputy Commissioner of Police heading the traffic wing took on the toll plaza contractor for not managing traffic on the 32-lane expressway, forcing the judiciary to order a temporary halt in toll collection. Jyotsna Bhardwaj harassment case against Bharti Arora

The case will be heard on Thursday in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

While the Haryana government termed the transfer of the 1998 batch IPS officer a routine exercise – as 15 others too had been shunted out – Ms Arora did not give up charge today.

She had put up a foolproof case against the Expressway concessionaire, Delhi-Gurgaon Super Connectivity Ltd (DGSCL), backed with evidence which eventually led the court to put a stay on toll collection for 15 days. Bharti Arora vs Union of India

It was a team set up by her which ensured smooth ride on the expressway for the said fortnight, a miracle for residents in the National Capital Region (NCR) for whom long queues at the Sirhol toll plaza had become a daily affair.

According to police sources, Ms Arora had put together a proposal highlighting how resumption of toll collection would bring back chaos at the toll plaza.

Her department had also compiled videos, photographs and other evidence highlighting smooth traffic flow in the absence of toll collection. Bharti Arora Haryana police officer

The department planned to submit the same to the court at the hearing on Thursday.

“The transfer is a huge shock for all of us. We had conducted systematic investigation and got enough evidence to prove that it is just because of toll collection that there is chaos at plaza,” said an official of traffic police who did not wish to be named.

“We also had visual evidence. If they were to be produced in court, the toll would have been permanently revoked,” the source added.

“For years, traffic police were blamed for chaos but it was Bharti Arora who highlighted the real cause and even brought to fore the miscalculated loss by the expressway company,” said another official.

In recent meetings between the local administration, the contractor and the National Highway Authority of India, it was Bharti Arora ips officer who refused to let a ‘cosmetic decongestion plan’ get a go ahead.

Gurgaon’s residents are up in arms against the officer’s transfer. Many have lauded her work on Facebook.

Several Resident Welfare Associations have demanded that her transfer be cancelled.

Ms Arora did not respond to requests from IANS for a reaction to this story.

Source: https://bhartiaroravsstateofharyana.home.blog/2019/06/17/ips-bharti-arora-court-order-against-jyotsna-bhardwaj-harassment-case/