Akka Force to be launched in Bengaluru on November 19: Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar

Minister for Women and Child Development and Udupi territory in-charge Laxmi Hebbalkar said the Akka Force for the extortion of women and children volition officially beryllium launched, successful Bengaluru, connected November 19.

Speaking astatine the Karnataka Rajyotsava district-level celebrations successful the Mahatma Gandhi Stadium astatine Ajjarkad, Udupi, connected November 1, Ms. Hebbalkar said the unit would initially beryllium raised successful Udupi, Mysuru, Mangaluru and Belagavi, on with Bengaluru.

An inaugural of Women and Child Development and the Police departments, the Akka Force aims to forestall unit against women and children, make consciousness astir safety, and connection contiguous enactment to women and children facing abuse.

The inaugural was launched connected a aviator ground successful Bidar successful 2023.

Greeting radical connected the juncture of the 70th Rajyotsava Day, Ms. Hebbalkar recollected the publication of governmental stalwarts, writers and the wide nationalist towards the unification of Karnataka. Besides conserving the State and the language, determination is simply a request to further enrich the connection and culture, she said.

Stating that Udupi territory has witnesses monolithic maturation successful the acquisition assemblage post-independence, Ms. Hebbalkar said radical from the portion who migrated to Mumbai and the Middle East person not lone earned income, but besides dispersed Kannada connection and civilization successful those regions. People successful the territory are besides up successful societal service, too cultivating and fostering unsocial civilization and practices, she said.

Ms. Hebbalkar expressed happiness that the antheral to pistillate ratio successful Udupi territory has been 1000:1004. It is heartening to enactment that the territory continues to person a matriarchal household system, she said.

The Minister said that the 5 warrant strategy of the authorities of Karnataka person fixed a caller magnitude to women empowerment improving the modular of beingness of 70-95% of mediocre women. The wealth saved done the Shakti and Gruha Jyoti schemes, and the Gruha Lakshmi outgo are being utilized to bargain nutrient and guarantee due nutrition, she said.

Ms. Hebbalkar said the authorities volition observe the aureate jubilee of anganwadis connected November 19 arsenic the strategy completes 50 years of inception.

Udupi MLA Yashpal Suvarna, Deputy Commissioner T. K. Swaroopa, Zilla Panchayat CEO Prateek Bayal, Superintendent of Police Hariram Shankar and others were present.