Delhi Commission for Women recommends gated toilets, better facilities for women lodged in Tihar Jail
The Hindu
In the recommendations sent to jail authorities and the government, DCW chief Swati Maliwal has also suggested hiring of teachers for courses such as fashion designing that were being run earlier.
Covered and gated toilets inside cells, increase in number of lawyers and restarting of the ‘Mulakaat’ programme till cases are under control are some of the recommendations made by Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal for women lodged in Tihar Jail. In the recommendations sent to jail authorities and the government, Ms. Maliwal has also suggested hiring of teachers for courses such as fashion designing that were being run earlier. As many as 276 women are lodged in Tihar out of which 240 are undertrials and 35 have been convicted by court, a statement from the DCW said.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.