Punjab shows path, Haryana still a tough place for women
As per the latest National Crime Records Bureau data, Punjab ranks at number 24 in India, whereas Haryana is at the sixth spot
DOWRY HARASSMENT CONTINUES TO REMAIN A CAUSE OF CONCERN FOR THE TWO STATES; PUNJAB AND HARYANA WITNESSED 80, 260 DOWRY DEATHS IN 2016
CHANDIGARH: Punjab has recorded a decline in crime against women whereas the neighbouring state of Haryana, where the Centre’s Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, continues to remain a tough state for women.
As per the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data (for 2016) released in New Delhi by Union home minister Rajnath Singh, Punjab ranks at number 24 in the country in crime against women, with a total of 5105 cases. On the other hand, Haryana is high up at the sixth spot with as many as 9,839 cases.
An analysis of NCRB data of three years reveals that since 2014, Punjab has succeeded in curbing crime against women whereas Haryana shows an increasing trend.
In 2016, rape cases reported in Punjab decreased to 838 from 886 in 2015, the same has increased from 1,070 to 1,187 in Haryana.
The number of gangrapes witnessed in Haryana in 2016 is 191 as compared to 104 in 2015.
Haryana has witnessed a sharp increase in cases of rape against girl children as well. In
2016, 85 cases of rape were reported in Haryana where the victim was below the age of 12 years as compared to 35 such cases registered in 2015. In Punjab, an increase of only three cases was witnessed from 33 to 36.
In Punjab, 1,208 cases of kidnapping
were witnessed in 2016, whereas the number is 2,697 in Haryana.
As many as 1,860 cases of assault on women were registered in Haryana in 2016 whereas the figure is 1,025 in Punjab.
A total of 321 cases of stalking
CONVICTION RATE
Punjab is a way ahead of Haryana in conviction rate of crime against women, with a rate of 24.3% as compared to 13.4% registered by its neighbour.
“In Punjab, the move to open women police stations has paid dividends. Moreover, we have also strengthened our surveillance system, especially in the villages, where rural rapid response teams’s patrolling has increased. We have also launched various awareness drives to educate women against crime,” said an Ig-rank officer from the crime wing of the Punjab Police.
‘I AM A SIMPLE GIRL LIKE ALL GIRLS OF MY STATE’ The Miss World said that all daughters of Haryana should dream big and work hard to succeed. Interacting with the media, Manushi, said, “All daughters of Haryana are equal and they should chase their dreams without any fear. I am a simple girl like all girls of my state, but I wanted to become Miss World and I achieved it.”
Manushi, a student of Khanpur Medial College, famous for girls’ education, said Haryana had given her a lot. GITA-GANGA EXPRESS FLAGGED OFF
Khattar along with Union minister of state for railways, Rajen Gohain, flagged off new train namely Gita-ganga Express between Hisar and Haridwar via Kurukshetra and Ambala.
He also inaugurated construction work of the new Rohtak-meham-hansi railway line and laid foundation stone of renovation work of Kurukshetra railway station. Khattar said passengers would be able to board the Gitaganga Express in Kurukshetra at
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10:40am and would return the same day at 8:30pm. A train Gita Jayanti Express was started last year between Haridwar and Mathura. These two trains would connect Mathura and Kurukshetra with Haridwar.