Working women to get better living facilities: Dr Jitendra Singh
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry for Development of North-East Region
06-June-2015 18:57 IST
Working women to get better living facilities: Dr Jitendra Singh
Government is planning several initiatives to ensure that working women
in the national capital get better living facilities so that they can
perform to the best of their potential and contribute to the best of
their ability in the process of nation building.
This was stated here today by Union Minister of State (Independent
Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO,
Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr
Jitendra Singh during his visit to the Jasola Working Women’s Hostel
near Sarita Vihar/Apollo Hospital Metro Station, which has been set up
by Ministry of Development of North East Region (DoNER) in collaboration
with Ministry of Women & Child Development. The hostel is
specifically meant for working women from North Eastern Region although
working women from other parts of the country are also offered
accommodation depending upon vacancy. This is one of the few residential
hostels of its kind in Delhi which is meant exclusively for working
women.
Dr Jitendra Singh, accompanied by Secretary (DoNER) Shri Vijay Kumar,
Joint Secretary Shri V.B.Pathak and caretakers of the hostel, went
around the premises and interacted with the inmates, who were extremely
thrilled and enthusiastic at the rare opportunity to have the Union
Minister visiting their hostel to inquire about them. He visited each
and every block of the premises including the dining hall, common room
and the residential blocks.
Dr Jitendra Singh issued on-the-spot instructions to increase the number
of “single occupancy” living rooms and provide air conditioned facility
wherever demanded by the inmates. He also noticed that in certain
portions of the building wifi internet facility was not up to the mark
and issued instructions for installation of signal boosters.
To make the place more secure and to ensure free movement of working
women even at late night hours, Dr Jitendra Singh directed the officials
of the Ministry to take up with civic/electrical authorities the issue
of maintaining uninterrupted power supply to the streetlights on the
road linking the premises to the nearby metro station. He also directed
that an in-house transport facility by way of a van or mini-bus may be
arranged for the inmates to travel to and from the metro station.
During informal interaction with the inmates, some of the working women
came out with suggestions like setting up a badminton court in the
premises and a small auditorium to conduct socializing and cultural
activities. Dr Jitendra Singh said these are some of the long term plans
for which the Ministry will soon prepare a draft paper.
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