Nearly 60 civil society members from different parts of the country hailed the Union Government’s proposal for setting up of one stop rape crisis centres (OSRCC) for rape survivors.
The participants, who attended a consultation programme organsied by ActionAid, too urged the Union and State Governments to open these centres starting from gram panchyat-level to State capital-level in order to support rape victims to lead dignified life.
The civil society members suggested that the Governments appoint trained personnel having positive attitudes in these crisis centres. Similarly, there should be stringent punishment system for the negligence and lapses, they said. Under the OSRCC scheme, the victims will be provided support medical examination, trauma counselling and judicial help to fight the case till conviction of the criminals.