Bengaluru – Chief Minister Siddharamaiah this morning flagged off Pink Hoysala patrolling vehicles to ensure safety of women and children, at a programme organised in front of Vidhana Soudha here.

Each vehicle will be manned by three women Police officers and they will be deployed near schools, colleges, offices, shopping malls, temples and also movie theatres.

Those deployed in these Hoysalas are specially trained to attend to complaints placed by women. The complaints will be received through a mobile application called ‘Suraksha’ and also through the Control Room. People can download the ‘Suraksha’ app on their mobile phones by providing their name and the numbers of two emergency contacts.

The app, which has already been downloaded more than 5,000 times, is available on both Android and iOS platforms.

Any complaint received by the Control Room will be taken and the nearest Pink Hoysala will be alerted to attend the call. These vehicles have GPS and cameras and the staff at the Control Rooms will be able to monitor their feeds.