ChotaBheem, a well-known animation company has come forward to partner with Telangana Police on the occasion to make its popular character ChotaBheem as a safety champion and released a video on the occasion in the presence of\u00a0 \u00a0M. Mahendar Reddy, IPS, DGP, Telangana, Director General of Police, Telangana,\u00a0 Navin Mittal, IAS, Commissioner of Higher Education, Telangana, Swati Lakra, IPS, Inspector General of Police, Telangana,\u00a0 B. Sumathi, IPS, DIG Women Safety Wing, Telangana\u00a0 and representatives from Save the Children and Lead Life Foundation who are partners in pilot project in 5 colleges on \u2018Safety Club\u2019 for girls and women.<\/div>\n
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\u201cAddressing the college managements,\u00a0 M. Mahendar Reddy, IPS, DGP, Telangana, Director General of Police, Telangana, said that Government is committed towards safety of women and children and it is one of top listed agenda of Govt. One such initiative is SHE Teams which is well received because of the process it has adopted i.e. incognito.<\/div>\n
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Women and Child Safety being top priority of Government, a high level meeting was convened by the ministers heading various departments i.e. Home, Panchayati Raj, Women and Child Development, Education, Health along with senior officials where it was decided to involve every section of the society, Government Departments, NGOs, academicians,\u00a0 educational institutions as well as Self Help Groups to come up with a concept of taking \u2018Safety as a Culture in the state of Telangana\u2019. Therefore, it was decided to form \u2018Public Safety Clubs\u2019 through a proposal to Education Department. Through a Government order,every institution will set up \u2018Public Safety Clubs\u2019.<\/div>\n
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A Public Safety Club will comprise of three components i.e. Women and Children Safety, Traffic and Road Safety and overall Public Safety and Security including of environmental health and safety in the Local Communities. The club will comprise of \u2018students as volunteers\u2019 who will become safety champions thereby taking forward \u2018Safety as a Culture\u2019 in the state of Telangana.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Navin Mittal, IAS, Commissioner of Higher Education, Telangana, said,that Education Department will work out to make it successful by taking up the proposal to get converted into proper Government order on Public Safety. He further said Education Department, Telangana Government has already introduced \u2018Gender Equality\u2019 as part of curriculum and with Public Safety Club if mandated, it will surely become more concrete and an appropriate step towards building safer communities. \u201c<\/div>\n
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Speaking on the occasion,\u00a0 Swati Lakra, Inspector General of Police, Law & Order, I\/c. Women Safety, said \u201cWomen Safety Wing has been receiving overwhelming response from various colleges to introduce safety club for girls and women after launching the pilot programme in 5 colleges and she expressed hope that this generation will definitely take on more responsibilities towards building safe communities by ensuring safety for girls and women\u201d.<\/div>\n
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