LUCKNOW, Sept. 20 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday asserted that women were unsafe earlier but they are charting their own path today.

He made the remark while inaugurating the "Mission Shakti-5.0" campaign, dedicated to women's safety, dignity, and self-reliance, at the Lok Bhavan auditorium.

He also launched Mission Shakti Centres in all 1,647 police stations across the state, released the centres' SOP manuals, informational booklets and the "Sashakt Nari, Samradh Pradesh" folder.

Mission Shakti centres will be established and women beat officers deployed in every police station, he said.

A bike rally will be organised on September 21, while security arrangements will be strengthened at temples during Navratri, he added...