The Delhi Government’s policies in the past few years have adopted a women-centric approach with its motive to provide some relief to women in light of the inflation and economic crisis including free water, free electricity and free bus-ride to enable women to manage their work and households efficiently, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday while facilitating those who performed courageous and outstanding work in difficult conditions on the occasion of International Women's Day.
Kejriwal felicitated people in the field of arts, politics, entertainment, social work, etc, who have made major contributions to the society. He said that people often believe that extraordinary people take up extraordinary work. However, it is the ordinary citizen who takes up the initiative to do extraordinary work, he said.
Appreciating ‘Delhi Commission for Women’ for doing the commendable work in the past 5-6 years in terms of rescuing several women who were in distress, he said that the DCW has taken the responsibility to bring forth and highlight their work in front of the common people.
The Chief Minister further said “About 1.5-2 lakh CCTV cameras have been installed across Delhi covering a large part of the city, and we are getting every nook and corner covered. I think Delhi will soon become one of the few places in the country that will have such a huge network of CCTV cameras.
"Approximately three lakh street lights have been installed in the city in the last two years, and we continue to locate the dark spots and install street lights there so that women feel safe," he said.
Additionally, he said, CCTV cameras had also been installed in buses, where marshals have been deputed to prevent any crime against women. "Marshals have also been deputed within the buses, and we have heard several success stories, when men trying to harass women in the buses have been caught by these marshals and taken to the police station," he said.