RWAs Push Safety Protocols for Women in City
Meeting focuses on police verification, CCTV, and digital gate systems for safer communities
Hyderabad: A delegation of resident welfare association (RWA) representatives participated in a meeting convened by Secunderabad zone police to discuss recent incidents involving domestic workers and concerns related to the safety of women house owners and senior citizens. Members of the Confederation of Resident Welfare Associations (CoRWA) and United Federation of Resident Welfare Associations (Uferwas) joined the meeting chaired by J. Narsaiah, additional deputy commissioner of police, Secunderabad.
With increasing dependence on domestic support staff, RWAs recommended a standard domestic worker registration system with a uniform form, secure uploading onto the police website, and a clear data privacy policy. Other suggestions included mandatory police verification for long term domestic workers, strict digital gate management, maintaining databases of service personnel, periodic joint security audits with police, CCTV surveillance in common areas, regular awareness sessions, and special emergency protocols for women and senior citizens.
The representatives submitted a memorandum containing recommendations for strengthening residential safety systems, domestic worker registration, police verification procedures, digital gate management, CCTV usage in common areas, and awareness initiatives for residents and welfare associations.
Narsaiah said police teams reach complainants within approximately 10 minutes. The focus was on promoting awareness regarding police verification of domestic workers, drivers, and other household staff at the time of employment, along with responsible data sharing practices wherever legally required.
Srinivasan, secretary general of CoRWA and Uferwas, Dr P. Mohan Rao of Tarnaka RWA, Dr G. Nageswara Rao, vice president of the All Andhra Pradesh Senior Citizens Confederation/Aasara pensioners’ association, and others attended the meeting.
The Esmeralda Fortune Villas Owners Welfare Association in Kondapur recently wrote to Gachibowli police seeking comprehensive police verification of domestic workers, caretakers, drivers and private security personnel deployed in the gated community.