In a novel measure, the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha has decided to teach self defence techniques to its female employees. On the initiative of the speaker Premchand Agarwal, Vidhan Sabha has entered into an agreement with ‘Mission fight back’ organization for training the women employees.
The organisation has agreed to provide free of cost training to the female staff. The duration of the training has been kept for ten days. The training would be provided for one hour during the working hours.
On Tuesday, Speaker held a meeting of the female workers of Vidhan Sabha. In the meeting, he said that in the present scenario it is very important for the women to be mentally and physically strong. He said that the women of today don’t want to remain dependent on any one.
Agarwal said that all the female employees of Vidhan Sabha would be taught about the skills of self defence. He opined that the training would increase self confidence of the female staff. Apart from self defence exercise, information about the rights and law would be provided in the training. There are 71 female employees in Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha and all them have given their consent for participating in the training.
The secretary of Vidhan Sabha, Jagdish Chandra, deputy secretary Mukesh Singhal and others were present in the meeting.