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Hyderabad: Society for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC) Women’s Forum on Friday launched the Safe Stay Audit programme. Over 50 volunteers representing various organisations and SCSC traffic volunteers along with the research team were part of the induction programme to work on the security parameter audit. The audit schedule will be announced soon.

Cyberabad DCP of Women and Child Safety Srujana Karnam, Joint Secretary of Women’s Forum Mamta Madireddy, Suma, Ayesha and Harinder of the research team launched the programme.

According to SCSC, due to the ever-increasing presence of global players in the IT and ITES sectors, many IT and ITES professionals from across the country have migrated to Hyderabad for better jobs. This includes a large number of working women, who find Hyderabad a safe city to live and work in. Many working women find places to stay in paying guests or hostels that have come up in Cyberabad in the last several years.

The Project Safe Stay initiative has been launched by the forum and aims to ensure safe accommodation for working women staying in PGs and hostels. The Forum collaborates with the SHE teams of Cyberabad Police to implement this initiative. As part of the initiative, all paying guest/hostel facilities are audited as per the orders proposed by the Cyberabad Police to ensure the safety of its residents. Five audits have been conducted so far. A total of 267 facilities were audited in 2019. The sixth audit is to be conducted in different phases starting between November and January and will cover facilities located in six clusters around the Madhapur zone. The audit will be conducted by volunteers drawn from IT and ITES companies and will be assisted by SHE teams.