Hyderabad: The Hyderabad City Police today organized a “Stakeholder Consultation” meeting on elderly issues at the CCS conference hall. The common challenges faced by the elderly persons, the protocol for addressing abuse cases and the support that has to be extended to senior citizens by various departments was discussed.
The Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad; Addl. Commissioner of Police (Crimes); Dy. Commissioner of Police and the Addl. Dy. Commissioner’s of Police of Hyderabad; RDO, Hyderabad, RDO Secunderabad, NGOs like Tata Trust, Help representatives from Old age homes and other Government departments like Revenue, Senior Citizens department took part in the workshop.
Speaking on the occasion, Shikha Goel, IPS, Addl. Commissioner of Police, Crimes said Senior Citizens can approach the SHE Teams and Bharosa centers for any physical or mental abuse. She also asked them to use Hawkeye App and Dial 100.
Indira Narayan, president, Senior Citizens forum spoke on the difficulties being faced by senior citizens on a day-to-day basis. Difficulties faced during travel, cases of domestic help causing damage, monitoring of CCTV cameras was discussed. The CP urged the stakeholder departments and other NGOs to come and join hands for bringing about more awareness and effective implementation of the rules.
Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 was discussed in detail by the Resource person Muralidhara, verifying the antecedents of domestic servants by senior citizens was emphasized. Md. Raza, from Help Age and Pushpalatha, Asst. Director, Senior Citizens Department also shared their views. (NSS)
