Context

• ‘Police’ and ‘Public order’ are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.
• The responsibilities to maintain law and order, protection of life and property of the citizens including crime against women are with the respective State Governments.

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As part of several initiatives for safety of women by the Government, Safe City Projects have been sanctioned by the Ministry of Home Affairs under the Nirbhaya Fund scheme in 8 cities.

The Safe City project

• It was drawn up by the Delhi Police in 2013, and received approval from the Union Home Ministry in 2018.
• The cities are Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow & Mumbai.
  

The major components of the Safe City project 

• Setting up an Integrated Smart Control Room.
• Setting up Pink Out-posts (exclusively administered by Women police) for facilitating ease of filing complaint by women.
• Pink Patrols of Women police.
• Setting up Women Help Desks in all Police Stations with Counsellors.
• Augmentation of existing Asha Jyoti Kendra.
• Implementing Safety measures in buses, including Cameras.
• Improving Street Lighting in identified Hot Spot areas.
• Setting up Pink Toilets.
• Integration of Women power-help line with single Emergency number.

Source: PIB