8 Sep 2007, 0419 hrs IST,Deeksha Chopra,TNN The Times of India
NEW DELHI: In a bid to check instances of sexual harassment of women in the city, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) is planning to launch a Mobile Van Service to reach out immediately to the victims. It will enable affected women to call an exclusive phone number, other than 100, on which they can lodge complaints — molestation, physical abuse, rape and harassment — directly with the women’s commission, which will further inform the police. "It will be a helpline, exclusively for women in distress. They can directly call the commission on the emergency number and the mobile van will be at their service. The idea was conceived especially keeping in mind the plight of women from the lower strata whose cases are not taken seriously at police stations. Many times, after being sexually abused they are not in a position to lodge a complaint," said Barkha Singh, chairperson, Delhi Commission for Women. "We will be presenting our proposal to chief minister Sheila Dikshit soon and will rope in a couple of NGOs to carry forward the project. Hopefully within the next three months at least 3 to 5 mobile vans will be on Delhi roads," Singh said. There will be a trained doctor, a first-aid kit, counsellors and also a police official on the 24-hour mobile van. They will be equipped to pick up victims and to take them to the nearest hospitals if required or to the police stations for lodging their complaints. Singh said: "Obviously, without the help of police, the service will seem incomplete. There are plans of roping in Delhi Police for the project as well." Apart from mobile vans, the Delhi Commission for Women also has plans of opening creches for working women from economically weaker sections particularly in the slum clusters of Delhi.
For any query:-
09215514435
No comments:
Post a Comment