Snehitha, the gender help desk of the Kudumbashree, has handled 154 cases of domestic violence in the district so far this financial year.
With just over four months left in this fiscal, the number remains unlikely to shoot past the previous year’s 298. Domestic violence continues to dominate the cases being reported at the district help desk of Snehitha in Kakkanad and its sub-centre in Perumbavoor.
Since its inception in 2013, Snehitha has handled 1,899 cases related to domestic violence, with the highest number of cases getting reported during 2022-23 followed by 256 in 2020-21 and 251 in 2021-22. The lowest number was reported in 2013-14 followed by 36 in 2015-16.
