The Haryana Government will raise a women’s police battalion for which 1,000 women police personnel would soon be recruited.
Also, a training centre will also be established in Hisar to impart training to women police personnel, Chief Minister, Manohar lal Khattar said at the second Haryana Mahila Police Diwas programme in Hisar on Saturday.
Khattar said the percentage of women personnel in the State police force had increased from six to 9.3 per cent, and with the recruitment of 1,000 more personnel, this would increase to 11 per cent. Three police training centres are presently functioning at Sunaria, Madhuban and Bhondsi.
The Chief Minister recalled that two years ago, the Haryana Government had, on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, decided to establish women’s police stations in all districts. “Today, these are operational and approval has also been accorded for setting up such police stations in eight sub-divisions as well. As many as 38 women’s help desks are in operation at sub-divisional level and these could be converted into full-fledged stations, if required,” he added.
Khattar said an additional women’s police station each would be established in Gurugram and Faridabad. As many as two women’s police stations each are already functioning in these districts. Additional stations would be set up in NIT, Faridabad and southern Gurugram.
The Chief Minister said crèches would be opened at all-woman police stations for the care of children accompanying the police personnel, and women lodged there for committing crimes. A family counsellor would be appointed at each women’s police station to provide counselling to the complainants and help strengthen their familial bonds. Women’s police stations had led to decrease in crimes against women.
He said the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao programme has yielded positive results, with the sex ratio at birth in the State, which was less than 832 girls per 1,000 boys in 2014, crossing the 950-mark. He urged the people belonging to all sections of the society to contribute towards this initiative, besides other programmes being implemented by the Haryana Government for the welfare of women. Khattar said 30 sites had been earmarked for opening colleges for women, and the process to allot them would start this year.
Women’s police riders were flagged off to mark the occasion. As many as 100 scooters were handed over to 20 women’s police stations by Hero MotoCorp. later, he laid foundation stones of and inaugurated different projects.
Speaking on the occasion, Additional Chief Secretary, Keshni Anand Arora, said the State Government had established women’s police stations to ensure empowerment and safety of women. This initiative would put a check on crime against women.
Director General of Police, BS Sandhu, and IGP, Crimes against Women, Mamta Singh, also spoke on the occasion.