Officials behind Delhi Government's helpline no. 181 are in the process of making it more potent and effective for the safety and security of women/ girls in the National Capital. A policy document is being drafted for effecting changes in the existing rules to check crime against women in the city. A mega meet is on the anvil to felicitate the survivors on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25.
Officials say the helpline was planning to hold a "Sakhi Sammelan" of about 35,000 to 40,000 women survivors on November 25. The helpline has been contacted by about 11 lakh people ever since its inception. Of these, we could attend to only six lakh calls. There are about three lakh women who are in regular touch with us." The managers of helpline are also planning a series of consultations with the Station House Officers (SHO's) of those areas which have been registering the maximum number of cases of violence against women in the city.
Helpline people are going to hold meetings with the police officers, law makers, women rights activists and other experts to see what changes can be effected in our policies to provide a secure environment for the women in the city. The suggestions would further incorporated for making it more effective, an official said on Wednesday.