NEW DELHI: Women safety projects in large cities for which the Union budget had provided more than Rs 200 crore are under various stages of implementation and the one concerning Delhi has been awarded to a consultant, official sources said.
Under one of such projects, to be funded by the Nirbhaya Fund crisis management centres were to be set up in the national capital.
The scheme essentially include setting up of a unified system at national level that would involve vehicle security and tracking system.
A similar system was to set up at the state level so that any incident can be tracked through GPS that wou;d also provide the facility of emergency buttons in transport vehicles.
According to Finance Ministry officials, who are monitoring the progress of budget spending on the schemes, the consultant would submit a report soon on Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transport System (DIMTS). The Home Ministry has informed the Finance Ministry that it has started the preparatory work for launching integrated Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD), Geographical Information System (GIS), Based Call Tracking and Global Positioning System (GPS) based police vehicle dispatch function. In this case as well, the process of appointing a project management consultant for the project has started, officials said. (AGENCIES)
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