A one-stop centre to provide assistance to women and children in distress has opened in the city.
Housed on the second floor of the BMTC Bus Station at Majestic on a temporary basis, the Nirbhaya Kendra-Sakhi was inaugurated by city police chief Kamal Pant on Friday. The centre has been set up by the Department of Women and Child Development under a joint initiative of the central and state governments under the Nirbhaya Fund. The centre will provide counselling, medical check-ups, legal advice and other necessary assistance to women and children facing any kind of violence. It has a video conferencing room to take distressed women’s statements for their court appearance, a medical assistance room, a resting room, a kitchen and dining and administrative rooms.
At a later stage, the Nirbhaya Kendra will be shifted to a building to be constructed next to the police commissioner’s office on Infantry Road.
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