To curb crime against women, Haryana unveils policy to provide safe housing to working women

Pradeep Sharma
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 15

The BJP-JJP government has unveiled an ambitious policy for providing safe housing to the working women in the backdrop of the rising crime against women. 

The policy aims at catering to the needs of women population not willing to own accommodation on account of certain economic and social reasons.

It would take care of the ever-increasing need of the working women accommodation in the urban area, a source said. 

While notifying the policy, AK Singh, Principal Secretary, Town and Country Planning, said the young women were required to leave their homes and move to various urban centres for the purpose of employment.

“It is important to provide women, who need to live away from their family on account of their professional commitment, safe and convenient accommodation,” he added.

Besides working women, girls up to 18 years and boys up to 10 years, accompanying working mothers, may also stay in the accommodation.

The women, who are under training for jobs, would also be entitled to such accommodation. 

The other facilities such as mess/common dining, laundry, common room with indoor games facility, day-care facility for young kids would also be permitted under the policy.

A park, medical room, adequate parking and shopping complex would be other requirements for the development of such accommodations. 

Meanwhile, an institutional mechanism would be created under the Deputy Commissioner concerned to monitor the working of such accommodation so that all rules and regulations were implemented in letter and spirit. 

The area norms for the development of such projects, to be allowed in the residential and institutional zones in the urban areas, would be 0.5 acres to 2 acres. 

Why new policy? 

“It is important to provide women, who need to live away from their family on account of their professional commitment, safe and convenient accommodation.” 

AK Singh, Principal Secretary, Town and County Planning  

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