Director General of Police B. Shivadhar Reddy described the State’s T-Safe system as a leap in women’s safety, particularly for working women, during a presentation at the annual DGPs’ Conference held in Raipur on Monday.
The DGP said that the initiative, introduced in 2024, stands apart from conventional safety tools because it monitors travel from the outset, shifting the focus from mere emergency response to prevention.
The officer said that T-Safe was designed after data from the National Family Health Survey 2022 showed Telangana had the highest percentage of working women in the country.
“The platform features automated ride tracking even without a smartphone and can detect 42 types of deviations, including delays, route changes, unanswered verification calls, unusually long trips or incorrect passcodes. When flagged, nearby patrol vehicles or motorcyclists are dispatched immediately. He noted that the system currently holds a user rating of 4.7 out of 5 and has been promoted through more than 350 awareness programmes,” he explained.
The DGP said the next phase includes integrating T-Safe with major cab aggregators such as Uber, Ola, Rapido, Meru and Abhibus.
Plans also include automated safety check calls for vulnerable stretches identified through artificial intelligence and voice recognition alerts to detect distress. Drone and CCTV footage will be reviewed periodically to improve threat detection, he said.
During his presentation, he also proposed increasing the strength of women in the police to 50% by Vision 2047 and said steps are underway to improve conditions for women personnel. Telangana Police, in coordination with SSCERT, have revised the school syllabus from Classes 1 to X to include gender-neutral material, while the Women Safety Wing has launched the Safe Village Programme in seven districts.
He added that the SAHAS initiative has begun training corporate organisations on forming internal committees to address workplace sexual harassment.
Mr. Reddy said digital literacy efforts, awareness drives by She teams and counselling of offenders are helping improve safety in rural areas.
Published – December 02, 2025 07:47 pm IST
