Nirbhaya app still in beta

August 30, 2014 04:49 am | Updated 04:51 am IST - NOIDA

A tool to help the police fight crime against women has been awaiting inauguration for over a month. The Nirbhaya@Noida mobile app, an emergency response facilitator, has been ready for a month, but officials are still waiting for Lucknow to decide on the inauguration ceremony.

A beta version of the application is available on Google Play Store for Android-based smartphones, with the disclaimer that in case of an emergency, the user should contact the local police personally. A senior Noida Police officer said: “We were hoping to start it as soon as the control room was ready, but we haven’t been able to because it hasn’t been decided who will launch it.”

Once downloaded, the user has to register with the Noida Police on their website by giving emergency contact details. This will give them a password to activate the app, through which an SOS can be sounded.

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