This New Year's Eve, Bengaluru Cops Installed CCTVs, Drones

The beginning of 2017 was particularly depressing for Bengaluru as several women faced molestation and harassment on the streets of the metro city. The molestation cases were at such large scale that even the city police couldn’t control the situation. However, on this New Year's Eve, Bengaluru police took a cue from last year and was on high alert.

This New Year's Eve, Bengaluru Police department beefed up patrolling personnel on Brigade road, Church road and MG road to control chaos. Over 15,000 policemen and women patrolled the streets of the city to maintain peace and safety for women. It also installed more CCTV cameras and drone cameras to keep an eye over all the celebrations happening in the city

So far, there has not been a single complaint of street harassment on New Year's Eve in Bengaluru. The city’s police department had beefed up patrolling personnel on Brigade road, Church road and MG road to control chaos. Over 15,000 policemen and women patrolled the streets of the city to maintain peace and safety for women. It also installed more numbers of CCTV cameras and drone cameras to keep an eye over all the celebrations happening in the city.

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2016 New Year's Eve had set a new low for the city police as hundreds of women were groped, molested and harassed on the streets. Ministers commented that women should not have stepped out so late in the night. And this sparked protests across the country. Social media campaign #IWillGoOut trended aiming to get more and more women to reclaim public spaces in their cities and towns. The protest came out of the virtual world and women’s groups organized protest marches to show their anger.

Women’s safety is a national concern. While Bengaluru's incident could gain national focus, many towns across the country don’t even see women’s safety as a concern. One of the ways to ensure safety for women is to have more women come out in public spaces.

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