Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Inaugurated New Helpline Service for Women

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav on 15 November 2012 at his official residence in Lucknow inaugurated the New Hepline service 1090 for women.

The much-hyped Women's Power phone helpline '1090' is basically a pilot project of Uttar Pradesh Police as it was stewarded by Navneet Sikera, the Lucknow deputy inspector general of police (DIG). The helpline is largely aimed at counseling first-time offenders and if the offences continued, police would initiate legal measures against repeat offenders.

The Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav directed police officials to ensure that the motive behind the helpline was met, and that no technical snags affected its functioning.

The helpline would deal with crank calls, obscene calls, SMSes and MMSes in the first phase, while all internet-related harassment, including posting of fake profiles on social networks would be dealt with in the second phase and the third phase would involve cases of harassment in public places.

The other remarkable thing of the Helpline is that it is going to be connected to Google maps so that the police can flag areas from where cases of eve teasing are reported.

Keeping in touch with the latest Technology trend  a  digital cage is also built for the offenders; once helpline officials confirm that the offender was not paying attention to counseling,  police would act to ensure that  the person is not able to get a character certificate, passport or driving licence.

The New helpline Service is going to operate from the administrative block 2 of Bhimrao Ambedkar Samajik Pariwartan Sthal, the sprawling park built by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati near Jiamau crossing on Lohia Path in Lucknow.