Aligarh which came in limelight across the country after the incident of Hathras, is going to get a big gift soon.
Aligarh Municipal Corporation area will soon be transformed into Women Safe City. About 100 crore rupees will be spent on this project from the Nirbhaya Fund. It will have special hostels, DNA and forensic labs for women, pink bus and auto, toilets, Asha Jyoti Kendra and many more.
Along with Aligarh, women of Hathras, Etah and Kasganj will also get the benefit. Aligarh is the second city in the state after Lucknow to be selected in the Women's Safe City list.
After the Nirbhaya incident in Delhi, the central government decided to make some cities of the country as safe cities. Cities like Delhi, Lucknow, Bhopal have started safety audits at every stage but earlier this year the central government decided to include more cities in this list. Instructions were given to include 17 cities including Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, but no city paid attention to this project. After the incident of Hathras, the commissioner took up the task of developing it.
In a safe city, the focus will be given to women's safety. Women police personnel will be given pink scooters and SUV vehicles so that they will keep an eye on the bad elements. A pink toilet will also be made. Such areas will be identified where the movement of women will be more and there more lighting arrangements will be made. A special pink bus will run fitted with panic buttons, GPS and CCTV. Women's power line capacity will be doubled. Pink booths will be built by which women will get sanitary pads. Asha centers and hostels to be built.
A Counseling center will be formed. Shelter homes will be built to keep women.G.S Priyadarshi, Commissioner, Aligarh said that this is a big project for women's safety and will change the atmosphere of the city. All four districts of the Aligarh division will be benefited. DPR will be sent soon to the government.