In an attempt to provide quick relief to women falling victim to crimes and anti-social elements, Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan has directed the officials to open ‘Nirbhaya Centres’ at all the districts.
These centres will be opened in women’s hospitals and women’s police stations with the objective to provide prompt medical attention and relief to the victims, besides immediate registration of cases at the centres.
A committee will also be constituted under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary at the state level for supervision the functioning of these centres.
Issuing orders in this regard here on Friday, Ranjan said to ensure speedy establishment of the ‘Nirbhaya Centres’, the departments of Home, Medical and Health, Medical Education and law were required to nominate nodal officers at the earliest.
Ranjan issued this directive while chairing a meeting called to discuss measures required to ensure women’s security and to provide immediate relief to victims of violence.
He said that to provide all facilities and services related to women empowerment under one roof, it was necessary to for set up of Asha Jyoti Centres in pilot districts at the earliest.
Ranjan said the pilot districts should be linked with Nirbhaya Mobile application of the Home department and information on women empowerment should be disseminated to the fairer sex through public awareness programmes by the Information Department at the State level.
He added that children-homes and theme-parks with senior citizen-homes should be developed under CSR activity.
Ranjan further said that the state Government was taking sincere steps to ensure women’s security and provide quick help to women who were victims of crime.
The Chief Secretary warned that slackness in enforcing women’s security and providing prompt relief to women victims would not be tolerated at all. He said registration of FIR would be ensured at Nirbhaya Centres.
The meeting was attended by Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary Rakesh Bahadur, Principal Secretary (Home) Neeraj Gupta, Principal Secretary (medical and Health) Arvind Kumar and other senior officials concerned.