Smart Phone App - Himmat - Delhi Police Initiative for Women Safety

Himmat is a Delhi Police initiative for women safety. Himmat caters to the category of employed
women who have smart phones and who travel alone sometimes late at night.  The Himmat app can be downloaded free of cost from the Delhi Police website - www.delhipolice.nic.in with effect from 04.00 PM on 1st January, 2015.  This App is only for mobile phones working on Android, since a survey has revealed that most working women use Android based phone.   In due course this facility will be extended to other operating systems as well.   
For the rest of the vulnerable women No. 100/1091 facility is available which are extensively used.  In 2014, 11,000 women have used PA-100,  49,717 women have used No. 1096-which is the anti-stalking & obscene calls helpline, and 1410 women have used the women helpline 1091. 

Unique Features of the Himmat App:-
·         Shake To Alert
·         Power Button Alert
·         Soft Button Alert
·         Call back by Police Control Room
·         Video Recording
·         SMS Alerts for Family and Friends
·         Victims details, location Time Alert on phone and portal
·         Alert on Facebook

When to use it –
Himmat application and service are to be used only when there is a threat to Life and Limb.
How to use it –
  1. Users can download the app – Himmat from Delhi Police website or Google Play
  2. A new user has to register with the Delhi Police website by sharing their name, mobile number and that of a minimum of two relatives/friends.
  3. Once the User registers, the user will get a SMS on mobile number given at the time of registration with a download link and registration key. User has to enter this key in the registration window in the application. This is a one-time process.
  4. Apart from the friends/relatives, an SMS alert relating to the distress is sent simultaneously to police control room.  The CPCR takes further action. 
  1. The SMS alert is also transmitted simultaneously by the Police Control Room to the Police Patrol cars in the area and the local Station House Officer (SHO) through the Delhi Police Cyber Highway.
  2. During the emergency, using advanced technology, the mobile app captures audio and video from the environment of the person in distress and transmits the same to the Police Control Room.
  3. The mobile application has a help section which has details about how to use each section of the app.  Users are requested to follow the instructions there. In case of any difficulty, please write into us as - support email address.
  4. Safety Tips Section for women to help in times of crisis.
  5. First aid tips to help women.


False SOS Alerts –
Generating false SOS alerts/ alarms, intentionally/ unintentionally, will lead to cancellation of the registration after 3 such (False SOS alerts) incidents. The user must report in an email/ to support number, if in case they want to re-register and activate the facility. 

Support number is 011-23490378. 

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