Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday said that ensuring the safety of the girls and providing education to them is the topmost priority of the State Government.
Speaking at the Golden Jubilee celebrations and Prerna Diwas of K.L. Mehta Dayanand College for Women at NIT Faridabad, he said in the last five years, 31 women's colleges have been opened and nine more new women's colleges will be opened soon.
Apart from this, 100 pink buses are plying for the girls who are going to colleges and 125 more mini-busses will also be purchased, he said.
Khattar said to promote the education of daughters and to avoid the problem faced by the girls coming from rural areas for higher education, the decision of opening the college within a radius of 20 kilometers was taken and for this 40 places have been identified, where Colleges are being opened so that girls do not have to travel more than 10 kilometers for higher education.
The Chief Minister said that to ensure that the girl students do not face any problem while traveling to their colleges, it has been decided to run women buses on 181 routes, out of which buses are already running on about 100 routes. He said that a female constable will also be deputed on duty in these women buses.
Khattar said for the safety of women, 34 women police stations have been opened in the State and three more new police stations will be opened soon. Similarly, two thousand women police personnel have been recruited in the State and a target has been set to increase the strength of women in State police force to 15 percent.
He said for the security of the girls, 2 lakh CCTV cameras have been installed at various places in the State and one lakh more CCTV cameras will be installed in the next financial year. "CCTV cameras are being installed to monitor women's safety and other criminal incidents. CCTV is a very important tool to control criminal activities as it can be used at every important location ensuring security," he said, adding that with the help of CCTV cameras, the police are keeping a close watch on those having criminal records.
He said it is a matter of great pride that due to the dedicated efforts of the State Government, the sex ratio has improved significantly and now it has reached 923 for each 1000 male.
Khattar said a strict law has been made in the State against eve-teasing and any other crime against women, adding that a provision of giving the death penalty has been made for those who are caught for sexually assaulting a girl up to 12 years.
