‘She lodges’ for all cities

Lodging and food at moderate rates

Kudumbasree and local self-governments are launching a joint initiative to launch ‘She lodges’ in all cities.

The aim is to provide safe lodging and food at moderate rates for students and women travelling to cities for various requirements.

The project will be launched on November 1. The decision was taken at a meeting convened by the Planning Board of 17 local bodies, Social Justice Department, and Kudumbasree, for the coordination of the scheme.

Safe lodging

Kudumbasree and local bodies will evolve a model project so that the ‘She lodges’ will be places with all facilities, where women can stay without any safety or security concerns.

The local self government bodies will be in charge of the building, infrastructure, and functioning of the establishments.

Funds

Funds for the project are expected to be mobilised from Plan funds through project proposals or by including it in the Centrally sponsored National Urban Livelihood Mission, being implemented through Kudumbasree.

Cooperation and coordination of various government departments would be ensured for the project.

As a project envisaged to give more freedom of travel to women, the board will allocate more funds for the project.

Guidelines

Kudumbasree will be in charge of preparing the project guidelines and a business model.

The ‘She lodges’ will be run by Kudumbasree and all employees required for running such establishments will also be selected and trained from the Kudumbasree network, it was decided in the meeting.

Creation of a separate website and official logo, online booking, housekeeping, office administration, food and safety, will all be taken up through a centralised system.

Provision of food in the ‘She lodges’ will be through Cafe Kudumbasree units in respective localities.