Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal on Friday launched 'QR Code Scheme' (Himmat Plus) for Women's Safety at Ajmeri Gate in national Capital. The aim of this scheme is to enhance the Women Safety and Security and the commuters travelling in the yellow or black taxi, auto-rickshaws, and TSR from railway stations, airport and metro stations transport range.
Delhi Commissioner of Police Amulya Patnaik, all Special Commissioners of Delhi Police, Praveer Ranjan (Transport), Mangu Singh, Managing Director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), S C Jain DRM, Northern Railway and other senior officials of Railway Protection Force attended the programme.
Several students from Swamy Sharadhanand College, Zakir Hussain College, Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar College, Mata Sundari College, office bearer of Autos and Taxies Unions and around 1000 auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers attended the function.
On occasion, Baijal distributed the QR Codes to some of the TSRs and taxies drivers. Around 3000 auto-rickshaws and taxies are now associated with this initiative of transport range. According to Delhi Police, there are more than 98 thousand users of Himmat Plus app in national Capital.
Explaining the aim and objective of the scheme Dinesh Kumar Gupta, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Railways said that the purpose of developing this application is to provide the Emergency help to the citizens of Delhi at the earliest.
"The citizens can avail this service just by download and register on the app at no cost. Once user completes the registration they can avail emergency help in just one click," said the DCP.
"Women are little vulnerable while traveling and when they board a taxi or an auto-rickshaw, they do not know if it is safe. This upgraded app will definitely empower them and boost their confidence while traveling," the DCP added.
"In the QR code functionality, the user opens the Himmat Plus App and scans the QR code from the card which is placed on the headrest of the driver's seat, facing the customer," said the DCP.
"When the user presses the 'Report Journey' button, it sends the location with driver's unique I.D. to the Himmat dashboard working at Himmat stations at Police Head Quarters (PHQ)," said the DCP.
"If driver is not registered the user receives the pop up notification on the application "Driver is not registered with Delhi Police". In this case passenger can call the Control Room or press the SOS button from the application," said the DCP.
"If driver is registered with Delhi Police, then the user can start the journey and in every 05 minutes, the user receives the pop up notification on the app with a message - "Are you reaching safely with options such as 'On the Way', 'Reached Safely' and 'In Trouble' ," said the DCP.
"In case the user presses the 'In Trouble' button, then the official of Delhi Police will call the passenger. It also sends alert message to the Emergency Contact Number of the user," said the DCP.
"This added feature in Himmat Plus is intended to ensure that genuine and verified drivers only take the passenger to their destination from Airport and Metro stations thus ensuring the passenger's safety & security in last mile connectivity," the DCP added.