Jagan launches app for women passengers’ safety

Taking a significant step towards safety of women and children traveling by local transport across the state, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy virtually launched the “Abhayam app” at the camp office, Tadepalli.

The Abhayam project is a state-based IOT project that has been sanctioned by the Government of India under the Nirbhaya scheme. The application helps passengers travel around the city safely and securely; the vehicles are attached with IOT devices to track their movement and make sure no illicit acts take place. Driver behaviour can be monitored through this device. The monitoring will be done through a dashboard from the command control centre. The project has been launched at Visakhapatnam with 1,000 auto-rickshaws possessing GPS enabled and IOT devices.

Speaking during the launch, the CM said: “Women’s safety and security have been given the state’s topmost priority. Be it 50% reservation to women or by the major schemes like Amma Vodi, YSR Cheyutha, YSR Asara, launched to support women empowerment. Apart from Disha police stations, the government is taking several steps to set up special courts in every district. We have made sure that a lady police officer is appointed in every village/ward secretariat.”

With the new application launched by the state government, women and children can now travel safely in the local transport. “We are setting up devices to thousands of vehicles in Visakhapatnam as a first instalment, aiming to increase the number of vehicles to 1 lakh by November 2021,” the CM said.