Ahead of women’s day, run held in Hyderabad to create awareness on safety

HYDERABAD: She Teams of the Hyderabad police organised a 2K & 5K run in Old City on Friday morning to raise awareness on women’s safety. Hundreds of women from the city took part in the run, which was flagged off from Charminar by Telangana state home minister

Mohammed Mahmood Ali

, director general of police

M Mahendar Reddy

and commissioner of police

Anjani Kumar

.


Mahmood Ali said that the state government was committed to the safety of women. “Soon after the formation of the government, the state has placed the issue of safety and security of women on priority. We have also allocated nearly 33% quota for women in the police department. She Teams and Bharosa centres are also committed to protecting women,” said Mohammed Mahmood Ali.

Mahendar Reddy also stressed on the need to create more awareness on the presence of the She Teams so that more women could reach out to them.