Haryana to get one-stop centers for women affected by violence

All districts of Haryana will soon be getting One Stop Centres (OSCs) to facilitate integrated services for women affected by violence. These are completely centrally sponsored scheme under the Nirbhaya Fund.

An official of Women and Child Development Department on Thursday said that at present seven OSCs are functional in as many districts and now Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has accorded approval for the setting up of 15 more centres in the rest other districts.

The seven districts which already have the facility are Karnal, Bhiwani, Gurugram, Faridabad, Hisar, Rewari and Narnaul.

The department further said that the main aim of these centres is to facilitate integrated services for women affected by violence.

The centres will include services such as police assistance, medical aid, psycho-social counselling, legal aid and temporary stay for five days.

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