The arrival of Sanjay Pandey as the new Mumbai police commissioner has brought hope of revival of the 8-hour shift for women officers, which he had announced in January as the Maharashtra DGP. Highly placed sources in the department have confirmed that the 8-hour shift may resume for women officers in the city from March 8. Back then, the top police officers in the city were not too keen on the reduced work timings. 

mid-day on February 17 reported that the top brass felt the reduced shift, from 12 hours to 8 hours, was difficult to implement because of low strength at police stations. Top officers also claimed the distance between officers' homes to the police station was also a hurdle in the implementation of the dynamic scheduling. According to highly placed sources in the CP's office, a process to restart 8-hour duty has been initiated and the proposal may get finalised by Friday. The CP is willing to re-launch the duty shift on March 8 on the occasion of International Women's Day.