Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, is going to participate in the Disha app awareness campaign.
The awareness campaign, regarding the use of the Andhra Pradesh Government launched Disha app, was organised at Gollapudi High School in Gollapudi area, Vijayawada, on the 29th of June. The campaign would educate women about the importance and benefits of the app, launched to ensure the safety of women in Andhra Pradesh.
In order to emphasize the importance of the campaign, the State Chief Minister is going to participate in the event and promote the application.
On the 27th of June, Sunday, the Vijayawada City Police Commissioner B. Srinivasulu inspected the arrangements for the campaign.
The special application was launched on the 8th of February 2020 by Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. Besides the application, the State Government also launched a special police station, named Disha Police Station in the Rajamahendravaram area of A.P.
The one of a kind application and police station was a first in India. The name of the police station and application, Disha, was established in the name of a rape victim. In 2019, a brutal incident of rape and sexual assault happened in Telangana. After the horrific incident, the neighbouring Telugu state, Andhra Pradesh, launched the police station and an application, an initiative towards the safety of women in the State.
In addition, after the rape and murder incident, the A.P., Government passed an Act named Andhra Pradesh Disha Act, 2019. According to the act, cases of atrocities against women must be heard and closed within 21 days and death penalty must be given in the required cases.
The State Government developed the Disha App, which sends an alert to the police control room when a woman or a girl in distress shakes the smartphone with the app three times. It also has a single touch SOS, with five numbers of family and friends added. When an individual would press the SOS button, an alert would be sent to the added five numbers, which can seek help from the police and women safety cells across the State.
In addition, there are special options to know contact details of nearest police station and police officials, as also particulars of hospitals, maternity centres, trauma care points, blood banks and pharmacies.
So far, approximately 16 lakh women have downloaded the Disha App. An individual could download the app with a registered mobile phone from applications like Google Play Store on Android phones and Apple App Store (iStore) on Apple phones.
Stay tuned for further updates.
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