Women helpline receives over 36,000 calls on abuse and violence: Paul

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaNovember 28, 2023

The Women helpline 181 received more than 36,000 SOS calls asking for protection from abuse and violence in Meghalaya.

“We received 36,362 calls as on date for which 477 cases have been registered, 158 cases are active and 304 are closed,” Social Welfare Minister Paul Lyngdoh said on Tuesday.

“The response has been not really bad considering that in a state where we generally tend to hide things and don’t go beyond the four walls of our house. The fact that 36,000 calls were made in the course of establishment since online service was activated shows that the response has been in fact high,” he added.

The minister informed that the government has decided to integrate the women helpine 181 and child helpline 1098 to ensure round the clock service to attend to such distress calls.

On the role of the traditional dorbar shnongs, Lyngdoh said, “We have taken the dorbars to be part of social welfare department and in fact some of the calls were made with the active support of the dorbar shnongs itself.”