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App 181 to help women in distress launched
Minister for Women and Child Welfare and Roads and Buildings Tummala Nageshwara Rao on Saturday said the App “181” is a new helpline for women protection and safety from domestic violence, harassment at public places, family, community and work places.
Hyderabad: Minister for Women and Child Welfare and Roads and Buildings Tummala Nageshwara Rao on Saturday said the App “181” is a new helpline for women protection and safety from domestic violence, harassment at public places, family, community and work places.
Launching the new App Number “181”, Minister said it would provide advice, rescue and counsel to the women, who can call through any phones, such as BSNL, Idea, Airtel, Jio, Vodafone, Tata Docomo, Uninor or others. Women in distress or facing sexual abuse, harassment at work place, if any problem, can dial free of cost to the number working 24 hours and 365 days from any place in the State. This is the Centre sponsored scheme being introduced by the State government in coordination with the GVK-EMRI while Hyderabad Collectorate being the nodal agency.
The Minister said Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao gave top priority for women welfare, protection and safety from any sort of harassment, abuse and injustice at any place in the State. The app will provide instant response to the women facing problems and help her to get relief, live with self respect.
In addition to the SHE Teams that are providing spontaneous protection to girls and women from eve-teasing and harassment, the State government had launched 181 App that would prove handy by timely action to the women affected by violence, in suffering, grief, sorrow or facing problems, he added. The App would also facilitate crisis intervention through referral to one stop centres or Sakhi centres, police, hospital, ambulance services to the women to get temporary shelter at short stay homes and Swadhar Homes.
The KCR government had introduced several welfare schemes for women and the KCR Kits evoked tremendous response as most of the women are now shifting to the government hospitals from the private ones to avail better health services, he said. He also claimed the government is paying women Rs 12,000 for delivering a boy and Rs 13,000 for delivering a girl on delivery. Steps have also been taken to stop the dropout problems during Class X and help girls to study Intermediate, Degree and other higher education courses by opening up 520 residential schools and colleges, he added.
