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s) Services provided
for the return of Guest
Labourers:- As on 31st
July 2020, Janamaithri
Police had facilitated the
safe return of 3,52,244
guest workers to their
native States since the
Shramik trains began operations
from the State.
16.7 E-Vidyarambham
Kerala Police has launched
a special scheme to help
students to participate in
online classes during lockdown.
The scheme titled
E-Vidyarambham was implemented
with the help of
Janamaithri Police. Police
aims to distribute digital
equipment for e-learning to
50,000 students in the State
via the scheme. State Police
Chief requested officers
to arrange smart phones,
laptops, desktops, tablets,
I phones and I pads either
new or old, for the students
belonging to the weaker sections
of society who do not
access to gadgets. Also, Janamaithri
Police officers with
computer expertise visited
the students in their homes
during their free time to
help the students. Through
this project, as on 23rd
July 2020, beat officers
distributed 1805–TVs,
212- Smart phones, 98-
Laptops/TABs and 92
– DTH connections to
the students all over the
State.
16.8 Women Self
Defense
Training Programme
Women self-defense training
programme is a unique initiative
of Kerala Police under
the Community Policing
Project. The vulnerability
of women and young girls
is a major factor contributing
to the instances of crime
against women. As a confidence
building measure and to
integrate the women in society
to fight against atrocities
with confidence, JMSP implemented
the project to provide
self-defense training to women
and young girls in all districts.
The programme is now going
on all over the State fervently
creating much hope and enthusiasm
among all the sections
of women like schoolcollege
student, office goers
and other working women,
housewives and the like.
16.8.1 The salient features
of the
project are
Empowering women through
comprehensive awareness and
practical training programme
that includes;
(a). Confidence building
tips.
(b). awareness on legal aspects
of crime against women.
(c). Awareness on Police
facilities for ensuring the
safety of women.
(d). Simple defense techniques
to combat various
threat situations like bag
snatching, chain snatching,
sexual attacks, eve teasing,
bus/ metro threats, lift attack,
ATM attack, domestic
violence etc.
(e). Nature of attacks and
attackers and how to confront
a dangerous situation.
(f) Awareness on aspects
of women empowerment.
As part of the programme,
permanent training centres
have been set up in all districts
in addition to local
training programmes. A syllabus
of 40-60 hours total has
been devised for the training
programme. A state level centre
had been set up at the office
of Asst. Commissioner of
Police, Cantonment, Statue,
Thiruvananthapuram for coordinating
the state level
training programme. Above
700 Women Police officers
have been trained to conduct
the programme. Already
more than 13 lakh
women have been trained
in five years under this
mammoth initiative
16.8.2 Transportation
of Medicines by
the Janamaithri
Beat Police Officers
In the time of nation-wide
lockdown following COVID-
19 scare, criticallyill patients
struggled to obtain life-saving
drugs as there was no transport
facility, courieror speed
post to deliver them life saving
medicines. The Kerala
Police and its community Police
wing has reached out to
people and delivered essential
medicines. Health of aged
people staying alone has been
one of the prime concerns
since lock down. Medicines
are a part of essential services,
but a nationwide lockdown
meant that their supplies
are dwindling that pharmacies
are running out of supplies
and that people can-