Focused on women safety, UP will be the first state to have 18 ‘safe cities’: Yogi Adityanath

Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that Uttar Pradesh will be the first state in the country to have 18 ‘safe cities’ which will provide a conducive environment for the safety and development of every resident of the state, according to a statement. “All 17 municipal corporations and Gautam Budh Nagar should be developed as ‘safe cities’ in the first phase in the next three months,” Adityanath said during a review meeting here.

He said that in the second phase the municipalities of 57 district headquarters and then in the third phase 143 municipalities should be connected with the Safe City project. Special branding should also be done by placing signboards of ‘Safe City’ at the entrance of all such cities. The Chief Minister said that in this way, Uttar Pradesh would be the first state in the country to have the maximum number of safest cities.

He said that along with women’s safety, the project would now also include the safety of the elderly, children and differently-abled. While reviewing the action plan for the expansion of the Safe City Project implemented in the state, the Chief Minister gave instructions regarding the development of all the cities.

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He said that the State Government was committed to provide a conducive environment for the safety and development of every citizen of the State, adding that the efforts made in this direction in the last six years have yielded promising results. “Today every woman, every businessman is safe in the state. There is a sense of security among the people. For this belief to remain, we have to be in 24X7 alert mode. The Safe City project is proving to be very useful in fulfilling this resolution. ” To ensure the safety, dignity and self-reliance of women,” he said.

Through this project, modern control rooms, pink police booths, Asha Jyoti Kendras, CCTV cameras, help desks for counselors in women police stations, panic buttons in buses and other security measures were implemented in the state under Lucknow Police Commissionerate. Said.

Currently, the Safe City project is focused on the safety of women. We should expand this and link it to the safety of the elderly, children and differently-abled. Through Safe City, the campaign to create a safe, secure and empowering environment for women, children, elders and differently-abled people in public places will get the required momentum,” he said.

He said that the Social Welfare Department and the Urban Development Department should work together for the systematic rehabilitation of mentally challenged persons or those engaged in begging. He said that verification of drivers of public transport vehicles is necessary to realize the concept of a safe city, and also emphasized that the drivers of taxis, e-rickshaws, autos, tempos etc. should be verified.