Mumbai police is set to give a breather to all the new mothers in the workforce, as all the 12 zones are set to get at least one crèche. The crèche will be equipped with CCTV cameras, toys, well-furnished floors, child-friendly wall paintings, storybooks, on-call availability of paediatricians and counselling facility and will be open 24 hours. The brainchild of police commissioner Sanjay Barve, the move was initiated after he received several requests from female police officers as they were finding it difficult to manage work and motherhood.

"One crèche will be made in each zone. At present, we have decided to start a crèche at police stations in MRA Marg (Zone 1), Mahim (Zone 5) and Worli (Zone 3). The crèche facility will help our female staff members in parenting their children and managing their work simultaneously," Barve said. The deputy commissioner of Port Zone, Dr Rashmi Karandikar, has been given the responsibility of monitoring the development work of the three crèches. "The facility will be provided free of cost to all-female police staff members," Karandikar said. "The entire premises at the crèche will be under the surveillance of CCTV cameras and the mother will be given access to the live footage to see her child on her cell phones. Also, we are in the process of making paediatricians available at the crèche. The paediatrician will update mothers about their kids' health-related issues if any, so that the child can be given timely treatment."