Smart phone dependency, social networks fad causing increase in domestic violence in Odisha

RELEASED: 09 Sep 2025, 10:27 PM IST
LAST UPDATE: 09 Sep 2025, 10:27 PM IST

The growing usage of cellphones and dependency to social networks reels are becoming significant triggers behind the rise in domestic violence cases, specialists alerted at a state-level training workshop on the Women’s Safety Act, 2025, and the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.

Speaking at the occasion, Odisha Deputy CM Pravati Parida interested individuals to keep away from extreme mobile usage, stating that online fixations were interrupting household consistency.

“There have actually been circumstances of ‘Reels’ causing domestic violence in households. It is much better to prevent such dependency and its negative effects. Anything that surpasses a limitation will just trigger damage to society,” mentioned the Deputy CM.

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Social employee Sophia Sheikh likewise kept in mind that the pursuit of earnings through social networks and dependency to reels have actually ended up being typical factors for disagreements in your home, frequently intensifying into major domestic violence.

“Going by the cases that concern us, the majority of them are because of social networks and reel dependency, which is triggering rift with their in-laws. Many of the reels are about nudity, which we have actually seen and is the primary factor for separation in households,” Sophia mentioned.

The workshop, arranged at the Lok Seva Convention Hall, saw involvement from authorities authorities, Child Welfare Committees (CWC), One-Stop Centres, voluntary organisations, and social activists. Individuals took part in conversations on dealing with the growing pattern and securing ladies from abuse.

According to the Odisha Assembly White Paper, as numerous as 9,731 domestic violence cases were signed up in 2024. Taking severe note of the circumstance, the Deputy CM directed authorities to additional reinforce the Women and Child Desks at police headquarters and ensured that uninhabited posts in these departments would be filled at the earliest to guarantee correct help for victims.

The Deputy CM likewise repeated the federal government’s willpower to act strongly versus transgressors and stressed that dealing with domestic violence stays a leading concern for the state.