LUCKNOW: As many as 20 lakh complaints of harassment of women and girls—both offline and online—have been resolved by Women Power Line (WPL) 1090 since its launch in 2012.
“There has been considerable increase in rate of crime against women and more efforts are required to curb them. WPL 1090 has made efforts in this direction. Even UNICEF has praised the agency and given it 98% success,” said DGP Mukul Goel, who launched multiple awareness programmes through community participation related to women’s security by women and child security organization 1090 on completion of its 10 years.
Goel along with UPSRTC MD Navdeep Rinwa flagged off LED vans under the ‘safe city’ project with the message of awareness about crimes against women and calling 1090 for help.
“The vans will run for eight hours a day for the promotion of messages around women’s safety,” he said.
Additional director general of police WPL 1090 Neera Rawat said that emphasis has been laid on spreading of awareness about 1090 through community participation.
“We have decided to distribute placards and pamphlets with messages of awareness among village chowkidars, RWAs, youths engaged with NSS, and security guards of offices. If they notice any woman or girl being harassed, they can share this information about 1090 with them,” said Rawat.
About 200 buses operated by UPSRTC will also carry the message through banners. These will ply in far-flung areas of the state. Besides, tickets will also carry the information.
An official of WPL 1090 said that it was for the first time that UPSRTC had been roped in for the cause of women’s safety.
All these activities and expansion are a part of Mission Shakti 3.0, the campaign of the state government.
