Hyderabad police & GHMC Commissioners inspect 12 mobile ‘SHE toilets’

Hyderabad: As part of the Safe City Project which is jointly sponsored by the Central and State Governments, 12 mobile “SHE toilets”, inducted into service in the limits of the GHMC area, were inspected by Hyderabad City Police Commissioner CV Anand and GHMC Commissioner Lokesh Kumar at Tank Bund on Wednesday.

The aim is to create a safe, secure and empowering environment for women to enable them to pursue all opportunities without the threat of gender-based violence and/or harassment.
These mobile toilets will be deployed across the three Police Commissionerates and will be located at crowded places, tourist spots, special events and other areas where conventional toilets can’t be constructed.

The usage of these toilets is restricted to women.
These mobile toilets work 24X7 during special occasions such as Ganesh Immersion, Bonalu and Exhibition.

This mobile toilets can be used free of cost and is easily accessible to differently abled and aged women. It has a water storage tank with over 1000 litter capacity and provision for 4 people at a time.
These mobile toilets are GPS enabled and are geo-tagged, and can be monitored from the Integrated command and control center. The additional features include a Feeding room.

Anand, the Nodal officer of safe of Safe-city project for Tri-Commissionerates, who holds regular meetings to improve coordination across key government departments and other stake-holders to improve women safety said, “This initiative moulds our urban spaces into a holistic environment covering all safety needs of women.

The state Government, GHMC and the city police are assigning financial resources and sufficient efforts in city planning to improve women’s safety.
“To build a safe city, it is important that enforcement and city planning go hand-in-hand,”Lokesh Kumar said.