In compliance of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s instruction to increase the staff strength of Women Power line 1090 (WPl), 36 policemen of sub inspector and constable rank have been provided to the wing.
Giving the aforesaid information, on Sunday, an official spokesman said 29 constables, 1 head constable and 6 sub inspectors had been appointed in WPl and hoped that this will meet the shortage of staff in WPl to attend the complaints. The spokesman said the government was great concern for the safety and security of the women and the decision to provide the workforce to the WPl was taken in compliance of the CM’s recent order. “The WPl scheme is a one of most successful schemes of the UP government and it working had impressed the government of other states to such an extent that they also are planning to start this wing in their police department,’ the spokesman said.
The spokesman further informed that the UP government had run a women security app 1090 after having successfully run the WPl. “The WPl had solved a huge number of cases related to the women as of now and there are several instances in which the WPl lodged cases after a through probe of complaints filed by the victims,” he informed.
He added that the state government was running several other schemes like Kanya Vidhyadhan, Samajwadi Pension Scheme, National Ambulance Services, Rani laxmi Bai Mahila Samman Kosh