47% of women find Delhi commute unsafe
Somreet Bhattacharya | TNN | Feb 22, 2019, 00:35 IST
Representative imageNEW DELHI: Four out 10 people feel insecure while travelling within the city, and if only women are taken into consideration then the number is 47%. In a study done by NGO Praja Foundation, about 40% of the people they interviewed said they felt insecure in general, while 50% found the city unsafe for women. It was also found that 54% Delhiites who had witnessed a crime didn’t report it to police.
The survey showed that 39% of south Delhi residents and 51% in parts of northeast Delhi, including Shahdara district, felt unsafe. The number of women feeling insecure in Delhi was 42%.
In all, 72% of the cases were reported through Dial 100 emergency response system. When respondents who witnessed a crime and didn’t report it were asked the reason, 23% claimed they didn’t have the time for it and 21% didn’t have faith in the police or legal system. The most common reason was “speaking to policemen is a painful task.”
Reacting to the study, DCP (PRO) Madhur Verma said that Delhi Police has a free and fair process of registering a complaint. “We always encourage people to report about anything they feel insecure about. Since the criminal justice system begins with reporting of a crime, we need more people to step out and report it to us. The identity of the complainant is kept a secret,” he added.
“We had commissioned the survey to Hansa research, which carried out the study between May and June 2018 with a sample size of 28,624 people based on population density in all 272 wards,” said Nitai Mehta, managing trustee of Praja Foundation.
The study also found that skilled and unskilled labourers felt the least secure as compared to the middle-income group, including traders, businessman, supervisors and officers. However, over 52% people belonging to these strata felt that women, children and senior citizens were unsafe.
Senior officers said that even a case of stalking should be reported to police so that preventive measures can be taken as there is always the possibility of a small crime turning into something worse.
The survey showed that 39% of south Delhi residents and 51% in parts of northeast Delhi, including Shahdara district, felt unsafe. The number of women feeling insecure in Delhi was 42%.
In all, 72% of the cases were reported through Dial 100 emergency response system. When respondents who witnessed a crime and didn’t report it were asked the reason, 23% claimed they didn’t have the time for it and 21% didn’t have faith in the police or legal system. The most common reason was “speaking to policemen is a painful task.”
Reacting to the study, DCP (PRO) Madhur Verma said that Delhi Police has a free and fair process of registering a complaint. “We always encourage people to report about anything they feel insecure about. Since the criminal justice system begins with reporting of a crime, we need more people to step out and report it to us. The identity of the complainant is kept a secret,” he added.
“We had commissioned the survey to Hansa research, which carried out the study between May and June 2018 with a sample size of 28,624 people based on population density in all 272 wards,” said Nitai Mehta, managing trustee of Praja Foundation.
The study also found that skilled and unskilled labourers felt the least secure as compared to the middle-income group, including traders, businessman, supervisors and officers. However, over 52% people belonging to these strata felt that women, children and senior citizens were unsafe.
Senior officers said that even a case of stalking should be reported to police so that preventive measures can be taken as there is always the possibility of a small crime turning into something worse.
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