Bengaluru gets Rs 667 crore to ensure women’s safety

By Manoj Sharma

Surveillance, women’s help desks, response teams, integrated support system on the cards as Centre sanctions a big chunk for city

Just days after India was ranked the most dangerous country for women in a survey conducted by an organisation, Bengaluru is ge aring up to ensure the city is safe for all.

The Centre has given its approval to a proposal that the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) had sent to it. Under the ‘Safe City’ project, the Centre will provide Rs 667 crore for the city (this is the highest amount sanctioned among 8 Indian cities that are implementing the project). The BBMP in association with the Bangalore City Police had sent the proposal seeking funds from the government in December 2017. The project will be implemented for three years.

With this amount, Bengaluru city wants to establish services for women such as surveillance at public places, placement of NGO volunteers at women’s help desk in police stations and critical care response teams at leading hospitals, setting up of an integrated support centre for women and children in need, GIS-based crime mapping and analytics, women police outpost near schools, college, bus stands and the creation of 50 safety islands at vulnerable places.


The allocations were approved by the Centre in March and the Centre has asked the states to implement the project in the 2018-19 financial year. “Our proposal has been approved and we have three years’ time to implement the project. We will begin implementation in November this year and will put it in place in three years. This project will be implemented with the cooperation of City Police. The ‘Safe City’ project will be funded on a 60:40 basis from the Centre and state,” said N Manjunatha Prasad, Commissioner of BBMP.