SAFE CITY PROJECT

About:

• Background: This approval is a part of a plan by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to implement Safe City projects in 8 selected cities, namely, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Lucknow.
  
  
• Project Objective: To strengthening safety and security of women in public places.
  
  
• Parent Scheme: The project has been approved at a total cost of Rs.194.44 crore under the Nirbhaya Fund Scheme.
  
  
• Funding: The project, approved at a total cost of Rs.194.44, would be implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) with Centre and State sharing the funding in 60:40 ratio.
  
  
• Bodies Involved: The projects are being implemented in consultation with Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Information Technology, respective Municipal & Police Commissioners of the cities and civil society organizations.
  
  
• The major components of the Safe City project in Lucknow include:
  • Setting up Pink Out-posts (exclusively administered by Women police) for facilitating ease of filing complaint by women; Pink Patrols of Women police;
    
    
  • Augmentation of existing Asha Jyoti Kendra;
    
    
  • Implementing Safety measures in buses; Improving Street Lighting in Hot Spot areas;
    
    
  • Setting up Pink Toilets;
    
    
  • Integration of Women power-help line with single Emergency number ‘112’;
    
    
  • Gender sensitization awareness campaigns Etc.