Vijayawada, Jul 2 : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy directed the officials to focus on setting up 18 special courts especially to conduct trials on the crimes against women and 19 special courts to conduct trials on crimes against children.
The Chief Minister held a review meeting at his camp office here on Friday on Disha and Abhaya projects and directed the officials to ensure women police in Village/Ward Secretariats are active and women should complain to them instead of going to regular police stations.
The Chief Minister said Zero FIR opportunities should be widely given as women may hesitate to go to police stations for complaining. The women should be provided with the option to complain through women police in villages. He said women police should be imparted training in all features of Disha App. He said the District Collectors and SPs should review women safety once in two weeks and send a report to the government. He said reception system in police stations should be strong and added to set up a display in police stations on how Disha App works.
The officials informed the Chief Minister that the Disha Bill is pending with the Union Ministry of Women and Child Welfare and reminders were sent. The Chief Minister said to fill regular Public Prosecutor posts in existing designated courts by the end of the week and added a link to the 181 women helpline to Disha App.
The Chief Minister has approved to recruit additional staff to strengthen Disha Call centers and said not to compromise over safety and protection of women. He also approved the procurement of 145 Scorpio vehicles for Disha patrolling and these vehicles would be allotted to the police stations related to Colleges, Universities, Engineering colleges and other important places.
Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy also agreed to set up six new Disha police stations across the state. The Chief Minister consented to fill 61 posts in the Forensic Department and directed the officials to complete the construction of (center for excellence) labs in Tirupati and Visakhapatnam.
Home Minister Mekathoti Sucharitha, Women and Child Welfare Minister Thaneti Vanitha, DGP Goutam Sawang and Home Department Principal Secretary Kumar Viswajith were among those who were present.(UNI)