GURGAON IS SENDING OUT A MESSAGE, FAR AND WIDE
As part of a new initiative, Gurgaon Police are getting a line of the city’s buses to display helpline numbers and messages about women’s safety
As crimes against women and children continue to be on the rise, Gurgaon Police have set about sensitising people and creating awareness about the subject, in a novel way. Under this initiative, the force will display messages about women’s safety and other social causes by putting them on Shuttl buses plying the roads of the Millennium City. The initiative also aims to educate residents on workplace harassments and safety in schools.
Pankhuri Kumar, ACP, Headquarters, Gurgaon, says, “The campaign is to spread awareness on women and child safety. Women shouldn’t feel unsafe, especially while using the public transport system. Since buses go to a lot of places, they will carry our
Women shouldn’t feel unsafe using public transport. Since buses go to a lot of places, they will carry our messages there
ACP PANKHURI KUMAR, GURGAON POLICE
messages to those places. Also, the school-going and officegoing crowd, which also uses these buses in a big way, will get the message.”
She adds, “We feel that through this channel, we’ll also be able to popularise the women’s helpline number (1091), and children’s helpline number (1098), and give people a sense of security.”
And that’s not all. Soon, Gurgaon Police will also conduct workshops in schools and offices to educate people about the Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013, and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The force has also roped in various NGOs to educate children on safety and action.