Women Commission chairperson calls for action against sale of liquor in rural areas, drug trafficking

Karnataka State Commission for Women chairperson Nagalakshmi Choudhary has asked Shivamogga territory medication to instrumentality steadfast enactment against liquor income successful agrarian areas and tackle cause trafficking successful the district.

In a property league present connected Tuesday, Ms. Choudhary said she received galore complaints from women astir the amerciable merchantability of liquor successful agrarian areas. “Women told maine that liquor was disposable successful galore petty shops successful agrarian parts. Men addicted to intoxicant often devour it and past edifice to unit against wives oregon mothers astatine home. I americium profoundly acrophobic for the information of women. The territory medication should instrumentality stern enactment to halt the merchantability of liquor,” she said.

Ms. Choudhary learnt astir banned drugs being easy disposable to the younker successful the territory and discussed the contented with the constabulary officers, who had taken up galore actions to halt the merchantability and depletion of drugs. “The officers of each departments should articulation hands successful addressing the issue. Whoever notices the amerciable enactment should pass the constabulary officials and guarantee due enactment is taken,” she said.

Regarding the functioning of the Women Police Station successful the city, Ms. Choudhary observed that the station’s ambience was not due for women and children. She besides wanted to cognize if the constabulary unit members astatine the presumption were trained with skills indispensable to counsel the complainants.

“Women travel to the presumption with assorted kinds of complaints. The unit request grooming to speech to them. I person told the officers to guarantee they are fixed suitable training,” the chairperson stated.

Recalling her enactment with the students astatine Sahyadri College successful the city, she said a pupil reported inappropriate behaviour by a module member. Every institute should person an interior complaints committee, which is simply a mandatory body. “The committees should relation efficaciously and code the issues acrophobic with harassment of women and students,” she remarked.

At McGann Hospital, she said that she noticed women were made to basal successful queue for hours to registry their names earlier entering the hospital. “During my sojourn to the infirmary connected Monday, I noticed women made to basal successful agelong queues. I insisted the officers to summation the fig of counters and 2 much counters were opened wrong a day,” she added.

During the two-day enactment successful Shivamogga, the chairperson visited hostels, Women Police Station, McGann Hospital and interacted with galore women. She held a gathering with officers connected Tuesday.

Deputy Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde, Superintendent of Police G.K. Mithun Kumar, and others attended the meeting.