Safety of women should be the responsibility of society: L-G
The Hindu
Making women title holder of property can help improve their status: CM
Expressing unhappiness over incidents of violence against women in the country, Lt. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Tuesday said safety of women is the collective responsibility of society.
“The status of women has improved considerably over the years but there are still disturbing incidents involving women’s safety occurring around the country. Reports of girl students being traumatised by teachers in schools are disturbing. Safety of women should be the responsibility of entire society,” she said, inaugurating the International Women’s Day function organised by the Government of Puducherry here.
Now women are not confined to the homes. They have made a mark in all fields but women should strive further to excel in all fields, Ms. Soundararajan said.
“Promoting economic self-reliance of women by way of education is the best way to empower them. Women should come forward to take up entrepreneurship roles also in society,” the Lt. Governor said.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister N. Rangasamy said the Union Territory had shown the rest of the country that making women the title holder of property could contribute to improving their status in society. The government’s decision to provide concession in registration fee if property ownership was in a woman’s name had gone a long way in providing security for women, he said.
He also promised to provide subsidy for women entrepreneurs. The Anganwadi workers whose services were regularised recently would be given their salary in a few days, he said. Minister for Agriculture C. Djeacoumar, DMK legislator Anibal Kennedy and Secretary Udaya Kumar were present.
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.