Updated On: 24 February, 2022 07:39 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
These tent structures helped our police keep an eye on errant motorists, in relative comfort. They could also store their belongings inside the tents, which was hugely convenient given that they needed to be on the roads and highways for hours together

The tent at Navghar was filthy with a broken door; (right) The tent at BKC had some construction material inside. Pics/Rajesh Gupta
The police are hoping to get their tents set up, like they used to have earlier, as the scorching summer followed by the monsoon season is around the corner.
The canopies that were set up by the Reliance Foundation last summer to protect the police force from the elements are now in a dilapidated state. This paper’s correspondent, after a look at various tent structures, cited in a report that some were empty, one had construction material inside, others were simply too dilapidated.