Police told to prevent atrocities on women
The Hindu
Deputy Commissioner R. Ragapriya has instructed police officials to take all measures to prevent atrocities on women in the district.Addressing a meeting in Yadgir on Wednesday, Dr. Ragapriya said tha
Deputy Commissioner R. Ragapriya has instructed police officials to take all measures to prevent atrocities on women in the district.
Addressing a meeting in Yadgir on Wednesday, Dr. Ragapriya said that incidents of atrocities on women and also sexual harassment are being reported frequently in the recent past and such incidents have been impacting society adversely. Thus, the Home Affairs Department has to take stringent steps to prevent such incidents, she added.
Referring to an incident in which a woman died of burns after being set on fire by a man when she resisted sexual harassment in Chowdeshwarihal in Surpur taluk, Dr. Ragapriya said that the police have to view atrocities on women seriously and ensure that the culprits get the highest punishment in a court of law.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.