CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur. Under Mission Shakti Abhiyan Phase-05, Hon'ble Member, UP State Women Commission, Lucknow Mrs. Sapna Kashyap organized a review meeting/women public hearing in the Circuit House auditorium with the objective of providing maximum benefit of various welfare schemes related to women, prevention of women harassment and providing speedy justice to women and for the convenience of the applicants. Hon'ble Member conducted public hearing to prevent women harassment and provide speedy justice to the victimized women. In which the problems of women and girls were heard and resolved by giving them information about their rights. In which 14 cases were heard by him, out of which 08 cases were related to domestic violence (women police station) and 02 cases were related to police department (women police station) and 01 case was related to cyber crime, 02 cases were related to revenue department and 01 case was related to women welfare department, out of which 02 cases were settled on the spot. Instructions were given for quick settlement of all the cases and instructions were given to police officers to follow up in the case and inform them about the settlement report. District Probation Officer Abhishek Kumar Pandey provided detailed information about various schemes to women, various welfare schemes run by the Uttar Pradesh government such as pension to destitute women, old age pension, benefits to girls covered under Kanya Sumangala Yojana, Uttar Pradesh Bal Seva Yojana in the district under Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao Yojana and Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, sexual harassment of women at workplace, dowry harassment, female foeticide, human trafficking. Dr. Archana Dwivedi Additional District Magistrate (Administration), Gajendra Kumar City Magistrate, Mrs. Ruchi Gupta Area Officer Gangoh, Abhishek Kumar Pandey, District Probation Officer, Nandlal District Program Officer were present in the public hearing program.

In the second session of the program, the Hon'ble Member inspected the women barrack in the district jail and the State Post-Care Organization (Women), Fatehpur. During the inspection, 38 women were found imprisoned in the women barrack of the district jail and during the inspection, cleanliness was found to be fine and no complaint of any kind was made by the women. 57 women are residing in the State Post-Care Organization (Women), Fatehpur, out of which 04 boys and 03 girls are studying in the Government Ashram System Residential Girls School. Cleanliness was found to be fine in the institution and instructions were given to conduct regular health checkups of the inmates. During the public hearing programme, the inspector of Mahila Police Station along with other personnel, personnel of District Probation Office and Anganwadi workers were present.