App for women safety in 3 districts

Shimla, October 4

Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh launched ‘Stree Suraksha Mobile Bilingual App’ to ensure the safety of women in Kangra, Chamba and Una today .

Launching the app online from Shimla, the Chief Minister said the app would help women. “The women are the inseparable part of society and it becomes the duty of all to give them respect and honour they deserve,” he added.

Keeping this in view, the state government opened One Stop Centre in Solan recently. Stree Surakasha Mobile App, is the brainchild of Divisional Commissioner, Kangra, Nandita Gupta.

The users have to select their residential location and mark three preferred contacts to be informed in case of emergency. In case of emergency, the panic button is to be pressed.

The police control room in Chamba, Una or Kangra will be informed, along with the GPS location of the user. Locally, the app will produce an alarm sound and the video recording of the situation will begin automatically. Nandita Gupta said the app would help them. Those who do not have smart phones can use 181 Helpline. — TNS