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01-November, 2018 12:58 IST
Rs.194.44 crore Safe City Project for Lucknow
Approved a Safe City project for Lucknow at a total cost of Rs.194.44 crore. The project would be implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with Centre and State sharing the funding in 60:40 ratio.
This approval is a part of Centrally Sponsored Scheme plans to implement Safe City projects in 8 selected cities, namely, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Lucknow under Central Fund with the purpose of strengthening safety and security in public places. The projects are being implemented in consultation with Ministry of Development, Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Electronic and Information Technology, respective Municipal & Police Commissioners of the cities and civil society organizations.
The Safe city proposal for Lucknow will be implemented by Uttar Pradesh Police, assisted by the Municipal bodies and city transport authorities. The major components of the Safe City project in Lucknow include, inter-alia:
- Setting up an Integrated Smart Control Room;
- Setting up Out-posts (exclusively administered by police) for facilitating ease of filing complaint by women;
- Patrols of police;
- Setting up Women Help Desks in all Police Stations with Counsellors;
- Augmentation of existing Central Kendra;
- Implementing Safety measures in buses, including Cameras;
- Improving Street Lighting in identified Hot Spot areas;
- Setting up Toilets;
- Integration of power-help line with single Emergency number .
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