L-G stresses on self defence programmes for girl students

NEW DELHI: Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal has stressed on the need for self defence training programmes for girls in school curriculum. Chairing a meeting on Thursday, Baijal also called for safety of women, community policing and use of technology. He also called for effective functioning and monitoring of CCTVs and instructed that use of technology may be maximized to ensure the smooth functioning of CCTVs as well as analysis of data related to crime.

During the meeting the citizen centric initiatives of Delhi Police including self-defence courses for girls/women were also reviewed. In 2017, 1,79,079 women/girl have been trained. The lieutenant- governor also stressed upon the need for integrating self-defence training programmes in school curriculum and directed the chief Secretary, Delhi to coordinate with the authorities concerned for its implementation.

The L-G emphasised that the initiatives taken by Delhi Police, particularly its apps and helpline numbers should be made more interactive and disseminated extensively for awareness and benefit of the public.