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women constables - flower maidens?

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Have been wanting to write this for some time now. I pass by on section of the road used by the CM about half an hour ahead of him everyday. Without fail I observe a series of thin, scrawny, women constables who decorate both sides of the road at equal intervals. They are everywhere, even on top of the flyover. The special white badge that police personnel in the CM route have to wear adorns their uniforms. My question is what are they doing in the hot sun? They are not controlling any crowds, on a normal day there are no crowds to cheer the CM in every street corner. They are not certainly regulating traffic, this we have important looking traffic cops who can appear in the roadside just a few minutes before the CMs convoy appears, shout, scream, shriek and ensure that the traffic is frozen till the convoy leaves and just as swiftly disappear after the stipulated number of seconds they are supposed to hold the traffic frozen. But, the poor women constables arrive well in advance and h