lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal on Thursday asked Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash to coordinate with the authorities concerned to integrate self-defence training programmes for girls in the school curriculum in the national Capital.
The direction came after Baijal held a review meeting on law and order with Prakash, Manoj Parida, principal secretary (Home), Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik, and other senior officers.
"The l-G stressed on the need for integrating self-defence training programmes in school curriculum and directed the Chief Secretary to coordinate with authorities concerned for its implementation. He stressed on effective functioning and monitoring of CCTV cameras," the l-G's office said in a statement.
Baijal also stressed upon one app for the entire Delhi Police to offer all services at one platform to make it citizen centric.
The meeting was attended by the Chief Secretary, the Principal Secretary (Home), the Commissioner of Police, Delhi, the Commissioner (Transport), the Special CPs and the Joint CPs of the Delhi Police.
It said Baijal noted that dissemination of information and community outreach was the need of the hour and should be suitably promoted.
"The l-G instructed that the use of technology may be maximised to ensure the smooth functioning of CCTV cameras as well as analysis of the data related to crime," the statement said.
The l-G was apprised of the various initiatives taken by the Delhi Police to ensure safety of women in Delhi such as joint group patrolling, integrated checking being organised by local police, traffic police and PCR.
Baijal was also informed about the measures adopted in the field of community policing like Police YUVA, Mitra, Pehchan, Prahri etc.
The l-G emphasised that the initiatives taken by the Delhi Police such as apps and helpline numbers should be made more interactive and disseminated extensively for awareness and benefit of the public.