Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi along with CM Raman Singh will inaugurate the newly-constructed ‘One-Stop Centre’ for women victims of violence at the District Hospital premises in Raipur on Thursday, informed State Woman and Child Development Minister Ramsheela Sahu on Wednesday.“The Union Minister will also participate in a Women’s Convention scheduled at Indoor Stadium Budhatalab in Raipur,” she said, adding, 'we would also inform Maneka Gandhi about various welfare schemes run by the State government for women and children in Chhattisgarh.'
The 'One-Stop Center' built at a cost of Rs 37.67 lakh is a five-bed hospital like facility which will cater to the women's physical and psychological well-being.To a query about how many days would be a woman sheltered in the One Stop Center, she informed a victim woman would be kept for a period of 15 days in the Center and if her problems are not solved then she would be shifted to other government-run institutions like ‘Nari Niketan’. The Minister further informed that not only medical, but legal, psychological and police help will be provided to the victims in the Center and already a woman Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Rank Officer has been appointed in the Center.It may be mentioned here that the Central Government is keen on establishing Nirbhaya Centres all over the country. As a part of the programme, the Union Government had sanctioned One-Stop Centres in 20 cities. The Raipur Centre is the first of its kind in the country.