Special attention should be paid towards women’s safety and women’s empowerment- Chief Minister

The police help desk and helpline number 112 should be further strengthened.

A concrete plan should also be made at the departmental level for the safety of women workers.

Dehradun. Taking a meeting at the Secretariat, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami directed the officers to pay special attention to women’s empowerment along with the safety of women in the state. Women are associated with employment and self-employment in greater numbers, all departments have to make efforts in this direction. In the direction of women’s empowerment and women’s safety, efforts should be made in the state in such a way that the message of Devbhoomi goes across the country. The Chief Minister gave these instructions to the officers during the meeting on women workers’ safety and empowerment.

The Chief Minister directed the officers that a concrete plan should be made at the departmental level also for the safety of women workers. The police help desk and helpline number 112 should be further strengthened. Under the rules, the women who have the provision maternity leave should be ensured that all women get these facilities as per the rules. Help desks should be made for women in institutions also. The Chief Minister said that such arrangements should be made that arrangements should be made for the registration of women working in various institutions. For this, a system should be developed by the police, labor, and related departments.

There should be regular meetings of the committee constituted at the district level to prevent harassment of women. For effective redressal of complaints of sexual harassment in the workplace, the general public should be made aware of She Box (Sexual Harassment Electronic Box), it should be given wide publicity. The Chief Minister said that all departments should work with team spirit. Everyone needs to pay attention in this direction to improve the functioning of their respective departments. He said that more effective efforts are needed to stop child labor.

In the meeting, DIG Senthil Abudai Krishnaraj S made a presentation of the proposed one-stop solution app. Through a one-stop solution app, women working in organized and unorganized sectors in the state will be able to register themselves at the time of appointment. Along with working women, industrial institutions, factories, and employers will also be encouraged to get their women workers and workers registered in a one-stop solution app.

Additional Chief Secretary Radha Raturi, DGP Ashok Kumar, ADG (Law and Order) V. Murugeshan, Secretaries R. Meenakshi Sundaram, Deependra Choudhary, H. C. Semwal, IG Vimla Gunjyal, DIG Senthil Abudai Krishnaraj S., Additional Chief Secretary Radha Raturi, D.G.P. Secretary Anand Vaastav, Deepti Singh, Atar Singh, JC Kandpal and concerned departmental officers were present.