Yogi to set up urban ‘rakshak dal’ in 10 cities

Lucknow, Dec 27 : The urban youth in Uttar Pradesh will now get an opportunity to join the Prantiya Rakshak Dal (PRD).
The Prantiya Rakshak Dal (PRD) was established for creating self-confidence and communal harmony among villagers to inculcate a feeling of self-reliance and discipline among them and for self-protection and controlling crime.
The state government is now constituting urban companies of the PRD in ten big cities of Uttar Pradesh, including Lucknow.
Earlier, the PRD was essentially rural based and only rural youths were given a chance to join it.
According to the government spokesman, in the first phase, a total of 1,050 youths will be enrolled and like the rural company, each urban company of the PRD will also be having 105 youths.
This also includes the enrolment of 11 women in one section of the company. The enrolment of 11 women has been made compulsory here.