Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday launched ‘Stree Surkasha Mobile bilingual App’ in three districts of Kangra Division — Kangra, Chamba and Una for the safety of women in the hill State.
While launching this App online from Shimla, the Chief Minister said this mobile app would certainly help the women in emergent situations.
Officials said the Stree Surakasha Mobile App, a brainchild of Divisional Commissioner Kangra, Nandita Gupta, has been developed for the safety of women. This is available on android platform and can be downloaded from the Google Play Store. The users have to select their residential location and mark their three preferred contacts to be informed in case of emergency. In case of emergency, the panic button is to be pressed.
The police control room of relevant district in Chamba, Una or Kangra will be informed along with the GPS location of the user. locally,
the App will produce an alarm sound and the video recording of situation will be made automatically.
Nandita Gupta said that App developed specifically for the women would help them in distress or emergent situations. She explained the objective for developing this mobile app to help the women by facilitating a ‘simple to use interface’ of their smart phones. Those women who do not have smart phones can use the 181 Helpline directly.
Officials said women are the inseparable part of the society and it becomes the moral duty of all of us to give them due respect and honour, they deserve. Keeping this in view, the State Government has opened ‘One Stop Centre’ at Solan recently.
Transport Minister GS Bali, Industries Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, Urban Development Minister Sudhir Sharma, Additional Chief Secretary Arvind Mehta and other senior officers were also present on the occasion.
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh dedicated developmental projects worth Rs 12.17 crore online from Rajkiya Kanya Mahavidhayala (RKMV) Shimla on Wednesday.
Singh inaugurated Administrative Block at RKMV, Shimla constructed with an outlay of Rs 3.21 crore, dedicated renovated hostel at RKMV on which Rs 25 lakh were spent, inaugurated renovated Badminton Hall at Chaura Maidan (Shimla) completed by spending Rs 1.15 crore.
He also dedicated 56 residential quarters for government employees at Nabha, Shimla constructed with an outlay of Rs 7.56 crore.
He laid foundation stone of renovation of Wood Hall Cottage of Art, language and Culture Department.
“The State Government was committed to provide quality education to the students nearer to their homes. Government was ensuring free education to girl students upto higher level and professional institutions were being opened in the State so that youth of the State could get good education within the State,” the Chief Minister said.
Singh said that children should also avail the facilities of State library coming up near Vidhan Sabha and this would be a digital library.