The Madhya Pradesh Police Department will provide accommodation facilities to the daughters of cops who wish to stay in cities having better opportunities of higher education. The Police Welfare Department has developed three hostels in Bhopal, Indore and Gwalior for the purpose. The department has named the initiative ‘Police Hostel’.

Police Welfare Department officials claimed that they will hire retired female cops for the post of warden in these hostels. A nominal fee will be charged from the inmates for their stay up to a maximum of four years in these hostels. Police Welfare Department wishes to encourage the cops below the rank of inspector to send their daughters for higher studies in big cities. Up to some extent the families will be rid of accommodation expenses, said Additional Director General (ADG) (Welfare) Vijay Kataria.

The Welfare Department will develop the infrastructure and will arrange for other resources required for operations of the hostels in other parts of the state as well. We will hire retired cops for managing the hostel which will again benefit the police family, said the officer. These hostels are available on first come first serve basis in Bhopal, Indore and Gwalior.