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Maharashtra

Published: 22nd December 2022     

Maharashtra: Schools directed to install CCTV cameras to prevent sexual assault incidents

The state government will hold a joint meeting with the school education department and home department to draw up an action plan

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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday, December 21 said the state government will ask schools in the state to install CCTV cameras as a way to prevent sexual assaults on girl students.

The Deputy CM was responding to a calling attention motion raised by the ruling BJP's Uma Khapare in the Legislative Council, as stated in a report by PTI. Khapare had asked the question in the context of an incident in Mumbai where a school girl was sexually assaulted by two classmates who were also minors.

"Some rich schools do have CCTV networks. But we will try to instruct the aided and non-aided schools to set up CCTV cameras as a deterrent measure. It would naturally discourage some people from indulging in such acts," Fadnavis said.

Several schools have cafeterias around them and the ecosystem developed around these schools should be assessed along with its impact on the overall behaviour of the students, he said. The state government will hold a joint meeting of the school education department and home department and draw up an action plan, Fadnavis added, as per PTI. 

Awareness programme

“The good touch-bad touch awareness programme is already underway in many schools and it is like developing a sixth sense among girl students," the minister added. If a person is luring them, they should be able to sense it and save themselves, he said. The government is also trying to crack down on the easy access to pornographic content on the internet, the minister said. 

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