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Jalandhar to have ‘She Boxes’ in prominent places to deal with Women Harassment Complaints: Varinder Sharma

Jalandhar, December 22, 2019 (Yes Punjab News)

In a major step to provide another accessible, safer and confidential mechanism for the women to lodge their complaints of harassment, the district administration is set to install ‘SHE BOXES’ in the prominent places of the city where they can drop their complaints in the boxes.

The ‘SHE BOXES’ will be installed one each in City railways station, Cantonment railway station, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Inter State Bus Terminal, District Administrative Complex and MC Complex.

Divulging the details, the Deputy Commissioner Mr Varinder Kumar Sharma said that the dedicated five teams of the department of social security and development of women and children and One-Stop Sakhi Centre’ will be constituted which will open these boxes daily on the designated time.

After the collection of the complaints, the teams will contact the complainant and will act accordingly after verifying the facts, he said and added that women empowerment was the need of the hour.

He said that safeguarding the dignity and honour of the women will also be accorded top priority.

He said that the basic purpose of installing the boxes is just another step to provide safer and confidential mechanism besides making them feel safe and secure.

He said that the initiative will ensure the rights of the victim were protected and they were able to secure justice through proper assistance by the authorities.

The Deputy Commissioner further told that the district administration was duty-bound to protect the dignity and honour of the women at all costs. He said that teams will ensure timely assistance to the complainants and bringing the perpetrators to the book.

District Program Officer Mr Amarjeet Singh Bhullar said that ‘She Box’ project will be started in the next month and it will further be expanded to sub-divisional levels of the district.

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