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index introduction Safety of Women in Delhi

Despite efforts at an image makeover in preparation for Introduction the Commonwealth Games 2010, some aspects of life in 01 Safety Of Women In Delhi Delhi continue unchanged. For the last several years, 02 The City Of Delhi Delhi has claimed the dubious distinction of being the 03 Safe Delhi Campaign most unsafe city in the country, recording the highest 04 Safety Audits incidence of crimes against women including 05 Main Findings molestation, rape, dowry harassment, domestic 06 Perception of Women On Safety In Public Spaces violence. According to the 2005 NCRB (National Crime 06 Problems Faced In Re-Settlement Areas Records Bureau) statistics, Delhi accounted for one third of all reported rapes and almost one fourth of all reported cases of molestation in mega cities.

Maps A survey done by Delhi police in 2004 showed that almost 45 per cent of the reported cases of molestation 07 How To Interpret The Maps in the city happened in public buses and another 25 per 08 South Extension-1 cent were at the roadside. While 40 per cent of the 10 Saket women surveyed said that they felt unsafe after dark, 31 12 Sarita Vihar per cent spoke of feeling unsafe even in the afternoon. In 14 Vasant Kunj 16 Mayur Vihar & Kalyanpuri another study by AID India (an NGO), 175 out of the 200 18 Paschim Vihar young women covered in the study reported that they 20 Patpargunj had faced incidents of sexual harassment in public, 22 Paschimpuri primarily in buses and on the roadside. As many as 90 per 24 Nizamuddin cent of the 18,000 repondents in a public perception 26 Delhi University 1 survey carried out to collect data for the Delhi Human 28 Delhi University 2 Development Report felt that public transport in Delhi is 30 Connaught Place unsafe for women. 32 Nehru Place 34 Sundar Nagri In a recent survey carried out by JAGORI, over 80 per 36 Madanpur Khadar cent of the 500 women surveyed reported having faced 38 Bawana harassment in buses and other public transport and 62 40 New Delhi Railway Station per cent had faced harassment on the roadside. The 42 Mayapuri Phase1 data from this survey, that covered women across 44 India Gate classes, occupations and places of residence, also showed that 95 per cent of the women in the sample took some precautions in their daily life to protect themselves from violence. These measures - avoiding Appendices dark areas, keeping away from certain places like subways and parks, carrying something that can be used How to do a Safety Audit 46 as a weapon, or dressing conservatively underlining the 47 Glossary reality that, apart from the actual incidence of violence, 47 Bibliography the fear of violence constrains the daily lives of women 47 Credits and girls in multiple ways 48 JAGORI index introduction Safety of Women in Delhi

1 since its inception. The lack of transparency and technical rigour in the planning Type of Settlement Approx Population Over the past few years, Delhi has sought to develop itself into restriction of their rights, JAGORI has launched a Safe Delhi Some of the programs and partnerships initiated under the Safe With a population of 15.3 million people , Delhi is the seventh most populous in Lakh (2000) city in the world and the second in India (after Mumbai). Delhi has a recorded process have been critiqued by civil society groups as well the Supreme Court. a modern city and the approaching Commonwealth games in campaign to reach out to people in this city. Delhi Campaign are: JJ Clusters 20.72 history of over 4000 years and has been a centre of political and economic The Master Plan is currently under revision and the new Master Plan 2021 is 2010 has become the focal point for its development. The power for most of this period. It has been the capital of several successive expected to be notified in early 2007. Slum Designated Areas 26.64 discourse of this “world class city” in a “Shining India” focuses The Safe Delhi campaign was launched with three aims: . Working with the police to support their initiatives on empires, due to its strategic positioning at the centre of trade routes from on the rich, powerful and people who feed into this image. But violence against women. This has included training Unauthorised Colonies 7.40 northwest India to the Gangetic Plains Shortfalls in planning are most visible in the area of housing. According to official it is also important for a city to address the needs of its more 1. To make visible the issue of violence and harassment in workshops with different levels of police officials. Along with figures, less than one-fifth of the population lives in planned settlements that Resettlement Colonies 17.76 vulnerable populations, whether the poor, women or older public spaces and highlight it as a serious problem, not just a this we have also had interactions with women police officers conform to minimal standards of amenities and services. More than 5 million people among others. trivial matter of “eve teasing” Much of the Delhi metropolitan area lies within the National Capital Territory of Rural Villages 7.40 of the Parivartan programme.which gets women police Delhi (NCT), which has the status of a Union Territory. New Delhi, the national people live in JJ colonies - slum clusters with no assured access to clean drinking 2. To highlight violence and lack of safety as more than just officers out on the beat to interact with women and capital and also the seat of the government of the NCT, is jointly administered water, sanitation, health services, transport facilities or security. Regularised- Unauthorised Colonies 17.76 As Delhi announces its plans to become a “world-class city”, “women's issues”, but as a consequence of dominant communities . by the Union Government and the Government of Delhi. Civic services are Urban Villages 8.88 women of all classes, ages and occupations continue to live in models of urbanization, reflection of the culture of the city Working with young women and men through sessions on provided by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC). The Municipal The vision that underlies the Delhi Master Plan 2020 is of a class stratified fear of violence and harassment. This is the city where a and violation of the rights of women. understanding women's safety and the gendered usage of Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is one of the largest civic bodies in the world and is garden city where residential, recreational and commercial areas are clearly Planned Colonies 33.08 woman was raped on her way to relieve herself early in the 3. To reach out to and involve diverse groups of citizens in public space. We have had sessions in colleges located in responsible for providing civic amenities to an estimated 13.78 million people. demarcated. Such enclaves already exist on the outskirts of the city in the form Source: DUEIIP-2021 morning, and a young medical student was raped in broad recognizing and addressing the issue of public safety. different parts of the city and in resettlement areas in order to of highly priced and heavily-guarded clusters of farmhouses, often with daylight in a public monument. This is the city where a young reach out to youth from different classes. These sessions have According to the Economic Survey 2001-02, Delhi had a per capita annual independent power and water supply systems. woman was raped in a parking lot. This is the city where there The Safe Delhi Campaign is built around our conviction that safety been geared to encourage them to reflect on inequalities and income of Rupees 38,860 and recorded an annual economic growth rate of have been more than ten incidents of rape in moving vehicles in public spaces whether for women or for other vulnerable groups violations of rights due to patriarchal norms and practices. 9.9%. Most of this growth comes from the tertiary sector which contributed Middle-class colonies in Delhi are also increasingly adopting this model, with in the lat two years, the city where every woman and girl is on such as the senior citizens and people with disabilities - demands . Public outreach programmes to sensitise and involve the 78.4% to the GDP in 2001-02. The city, once a centre of manufacturing, has residents contributing to augment or back up inadequate public services. Gates constant guard while traveling in public transport, using the the involvement of all those who use these spaces. ”ordinary citizen”. This has included moving around seen rapid de-industrialisation in the last decade with consequent rise in the and private guards control entry and exit into these colonies, with domestic subway, shopping or going to a movie theatre. Even the Metro marketplaces talking to shopkeepers, shoppers, auto drivers unemployment rate. Construction, real estate, information technology, servants, hawkers, rag-pickers and salespeople being allowed in only after which represents Delhi's most modern form of transport has Firstly it is important for women to get empowered and not be seen and others and distributing information and advocacy banking, hotels and tourism are presently the largest contributors to the screening and sometimes even police checks. The deteriorating law and order introduced an alert system for sexual harassment on a moving as the “weaker sex”. There is no doubt that women have a role to materials. economy. Other key sectors include government administration and defence situation is cited by residents as justification for such actions. This model has led train. play in ensuring their own safety and well-being. Learning ways of . Organising workshops on self-defense with different groups to further fear and mistrust among people in the city and loss of the sense of dealing with violence and the fear of violence can go a long way in of women - in the corporate sector through the Delhi's relatively high per capita income, better living standards and high community. The conventional understanding of safety puts the burden of challenging the notion that women are weak and unable to protect Confederation of Indian Industries, in colleges and in economic growth rate has attracted a lot of people from rural areas in protection and prevention on women themselves. Women themselves. It gives women self confidence to confront those resettlement areas neighbouring states. Due to this high migration rate, Delhi is one of the fastest are told to live within the limits prescribed by patriarchy to harassing them. § Collaborating with media to find most effective ways of growing cities in the world. According to a United Nations report, Delhi will be dress modestly, to stay away from “unsuitable” places, not to getting the message out to the public. This has involved the third largest urban agglomeration in the world (after Tokyo and Mumbai) by go out at certain times. In effect, when sexual harassment or The police and law enforcement agencies also have a role to play by developing an advertising campaign to address the issue of 2 2025 . assault takes place, the lens is turned back on the woman to carrying out their duty in addressing crimes against women and in how women and girls are disempowered by the constant fear see how she infringed the rules was she out at night, what creating a safer atmosphere in the city with proactive measures. of violence in their lives. The Delhi Development Authority (DDA), created in 1957, is the body was she wearing, who was she with and other such details. Stronger vigilance and enforcement will increase the confidence of . Reaching out through the Campaign website which has responsible for planning for the development of the city. Five years after its women and the general public in the police. information on the Campaign, answers questions on safety formation, the DDA unveiled a Master Plan for the city which proposed to Ironically, this restrictive approach does not really make issues, gives tips on what to do in case of an incident and has develop 44770 hectares of urban area by 1981 for a projected urban population women any safer if anything, it increases their vulnerability by However, we believe that all citizens of this city have a stake and an interactive section where women can share their of 4.6 million. This turned out to be a serious underestimation, and an additional forcing them to live in fear and creating the feeling in their role in making Delhi safe for women and girls. The Safe Delhi experiences of safety in the city. minds of being helpless victim. Moreover, it restricts Campaign has therefore reached out to citizens' groups, students 4000 hectares of urban area (comprising Patparganj, Sarita Vihar and Vasant . Kunj) were added to the target. In 1981, with massive gaps remaining in women's freedom and autonomy, curtails their mobility and and teachers, urban planners, resident associations, service fulfillment of targets, the Master Plan was reviewed, amended and extended to hampers their options for work and social activities. It reduces providers and industry bodies among others, to develop strategies 2001. women's self-confidence and makes them physically and and take action on specific aspects of safety of women and girls. The psychologically dependent on the protection of others. It aim has been to get more people involved and aware of the issue of Given its consistent underestimation of requirements of housing, commercial prevents them from fulfilling their potential and enjoying their violence against women and girls and the nature of public violence 1 space, social infrastructure, green areas and institutional areas along with Source: Delhi Human Development Report, 2006 rights as citizens. in the city. 2 World Urbanisation Prospects 2003. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs In order to address this form of violence against women and massive shortfalls in targets, the Master Plan has been a subject of controversy 03 The City Of Delhi Safe Delhi Campaign

Although the issue of women's vulnerability to violence in vulnerability factors are categorized into those that relate to the DISTINGUISHING FEATURES LOCALITY DISTRICT Lighting In Public Spaces emerged as a problem in many parts women can take while moving around and making it difficult if We did find some public places being used by women after dark. lying near the roadside or on pavements obstructing easy public spaces in Delhi has been highlighted in media reports physical aspects of the space (such as the quality of infrastructure) of the city. In the perception of most women, poorly lit areas, not impossible to move away quickly from a harasser. In many In residential areas (such as Saket, Sarita Vihar and South movement of pedestrians and blocking escape for women trying Upper middle class residential area with an exclusive market, a whether main roads, inner streets, sections of markets, area areas, there are no pavements and a woman is forced to walk on Extension) we found that women and children were using well to avoid or sidestep harassers. and crime statistics, the focus has largely been on high-profile and the less tangible but equally critical aspect of the perceptions South Extension-1 South and incidents of assault, rape or murder. There is far less of the space as safe or unsafe by women users. Possible actions to middle class colony and a working class market in the near vicinity. between residential blocks, bus stops, public toilets, subways, the road, coping not only with fast moving traffic but also lit parks and lanes inside the colony (for instance in E Block Sarita parks, and car parks pose a threat to safety. Most of the women avoiding men on two wheelers and cars who harass her verbally Vihar and Sunder Nagri). In middle-class colonies like There are very few Usable Public Toilets for women in the awareness of the elements of public spaces that contribute increase safety and reduce vulnerability are discussed we spoke with said that they avoid such places after dark, either or even touch and push her. For instance, encroachments onto Patpargunj, Sarita Vihar and Paschim Puri, we found large city. Those that exist are dark and dirty, with broken doors and towards creating safety or vulnerability. The JAGORI Safe continuously during the audit. Private bungalows as well as DDA colonies, mixed usage Saket South because they have experienced harassment in these or similar pavements by home-owners and shop owners in places such as numbers of women on well-lit streets where vendors were also no attendants. Women seldom use them. In most markets, the Delhi Campaign uses participatory safety audits as a means to situations, or because they are apprehensive of being harassed Paschim Vihar, either for car parking or by tiling or cementing present.. In upmarket residential areas such as Saket, men's toilet adjoins the women's toilet, adding to the feeling of explore these factors and possible actions for change, as well The accompanying table shows the various locations in which Middle class residential colonies incorporating urban villages Sarita Vihar South or attacked. over the original pavement, is a serious hazard. Similarly, in Nizamuddin, and South Extension we found very few women insecurity for women. as to build public awareness, ownership and commitment to safety audits were conducted. Sarita Vihar a section of the pavement on the road leading to D on the roads or even in the streets just outside outside their implementing these actions at both the local and the policy Vasant Kunj South Bus Stops are perceived as high-risk locations by many women, block has been taken over by a kabadiwala, a dairy, and a taxi houses after dark. This was in contrast to the situation in We also found that women feel uncomfortable in Male levels. The audits were conducted by the JAGORI.team. In most areas, Mayur Vihar East primarily because they are unlit. Thus, only those bus stops stand. In many other places, vendors have their stalls on the working class colonies or in resettlement areas like Pachim Puri, Dominated Spaces such as cigarette shops, dhabas, taxi members of the JAGORI team were involved as researchers and which are close to streetlights are well lit. Women working in pavements, forcing people to walk on the road. We also found Kalyanpuri, or Sundar Nagri, where women moved around in stands, certain street corners, helmet stands in car parks, liquor The Safety Audit methodology was developed in Toronto in as regular users of the area. Certain locations such as the railway Paschim Vihar West the Mayapuri Industrial area told us that they never leave the many open manholes in the middle of pavements, for instance in the lanes just outside their houses but not on the outer lanes of shops, and some specific parks. Women not only hesitate to use factory alone after dark they always go to the bus stop in a Paschim Vihar, which are dangerous for all users of the space. the colony. Most women living in these areas said that they any of these spaces but even avoid going near them for fear of the 1980's after a series of brutal sexual assaults and murders station, the university campus, and Connaught Place were familiar Patpargunj East group, often accompanied by a man. We found that the number prefer to walk back from the bus stop with other women if harassment. Many women shared experiences of verbal and of women created widespread public concern. Women's to most of the audit team. In some locations, members of local of women at bus stops reduces as the evening progresses, with Parks And Green Areas were almost invariably found to pose returning after dark. physical harassment by men around these spots. We found groups demanded that steps be taken to stop the violence. associations and local women were also involved in the audit. In Lower middle class and working class, mixed residential and very few lone women seen after dark. The area behind most bus a threat to the safety of women after dark. In many parks, women at tea stalls and dhabas only if they were accompanied Paschimpuri West The Metropolitan Action Committee on Public Violence several instances, bystanders and women users of the space commercial use. shelters is a de facto toilet for men, adding to women's feeling of lighting, although installed, was not functional while in others the Car Parks are another high-risk area our team felt unsafe in by men. Saket and the University campus were exceptions to Against Women and Children (METRAC) was a collaboration joined the team in the course of the audit. In a few cases, public insecurity. lights were blocked by overgrown trees. Some parks (as in D every one of the car parks that we encountered in the course of this rule. between the police, government bodies, community interest was aroused when members of the audit team were Block Saket) were pitch dark even before nightfall. This park is the audits. Car parks are often located near dark areas with agencies, support services, and individuals was formed as a harassed in the course of the audit, and confronted or engaged Heritage area with mixed use (housing, religious site, historical Interestingly however, most women said that they feel safer at used by a large number of women and children before dark, but dense shrubbery. Further, they are not well lit all the car parks The presence of Security Guards and Police Enhances Nizamuddin South result of the pressure from women's groups. The safety audit with the perpetrators. monuments, railway station) bus stops than on the road and prefer to wait for auto rickshaws is deserted in the evenings, while the better lit park in J Block of we saw had dark corners, dark entrances, or large sections in women's feeling of safety. We found that guards in most office is a methodology developed by METRAC “to evaluate the Audits were conducted by teams of 3-5 people, starting in the or for their friends at bus stops than on the roadside. Walking on the same colony is felt to be safer and is much more freely used darkness. Attendants are present only at the entry/exit points. In buildings, women's hostels, and public utilities such as ATMs. environment from the standpoint of those who feel evening and continuing for 3-4 hours. In each case, several routes Dark Roads and Unlit Streets inside colonies is something by women and children. some places, we found the attendants drinking alcohol with Police presence was high in high security zones such as metro Educational institutions incorporating housing for staff and most women avoid, out of fear of being accosted by men and drivers or even sleeping on cots in the car park. The problem is stations and India Gate which is close to the President's House, vulnerable and to make changes that reduce opportunities were taken in smaller groups so as to cover a larger area. Delhi University Campus North students, commercial areas being verbally or physically harassed. For instance, during the We found that access to most parks, even those inside compounded in underground car parks (like those in Nehru Parliament and several government buildings. Apart from high for assault”. audit in Vasant Kunj, women in DI Block spoke of facing residential colonies, is completely unrestricted even in the late Place and Baba Kharak Singh Marg), where even a cry for help security areas, we saw police personnel only in areas close to Issues identified in the course of the audits were categorized as harassment while walking to the bus stop from the place of work evening. Many parks have low boundary walls and gates are would not be heard on the road outside. Abandoned vehicles police posts and police stations. We could not detect any specific Our initial round of safety audits, data from which are follows. Office complexes surrounded by informal commercial activity Connaught Place Central or walking home from the bus stop through the colony. Women never locked. Some parks have structures such as garden sheds lying in a corner are also common features. patterns in police patrolling. presented in this report, were conducted over a one year Nehru Place South fear that men would accost them in the dark while walking to the belonging to the Horticulture Department, rooms for guards period (August 2005 July 2006). Sites for these audits were . The state of the built environment, such as the location and bus stop or walking home from the stop. In certain cases such as and pump rooms. Some parks, like the one in South Extension I, As more and more roads get converted into multi-lane Markets showed visibly gendered patterns of use, with women selected to cover as wide a range as possible of social and condition of streetlights, the state of pavements, bus stops, Vasant Kunj D I block, the bus stop and sections of the road have historical monuments located inside the boundary. Some expressways, subways are fast becoming a regular feature of conspicuously missing in areas with automobile, liquor, electrical Sundar Nagri North economic contexts, including residential colonies (both the availability and condition of public toilets, the maintenance Resettlement colonies leading to the block are dimly lit and women have faced verbal of these monuments are locked whereas others are open, dark Delhi's topography. We found most subways to be well lit, or computer shops. We found more women in Connaught Place middle class and working class), resettlement colonies, of parks, obstructions caused by overgrown trees and bushes, Kalyanpuri East harassment here. and sometimes used as places for sleeping or drug dealing. In except in a few instances of poorly lit entry/exit points. . Entries and South Extension than in Nehru Place (which has a large Paschim Puri, women told us that parks are taken over by and exits are not always clearly marked. Most subways do not number of computer shops) or in Paschim Puri ( which has a market places, commercial localities, industrial areas and the presence of empty lots and waste dumps, abandoned or Madanpur Khadar South The lack of street lighting in commercial areas emerged as a alcoholics, drug addicts, and gamblers after dark. Women do not have guards or attendants, and our team felt unsafe using them section of the market occupied by auto parts shops). In market entertainment complexes across districts of the city. Audits demolished buildings, dark lanes and the location and feel safe in the park after dark. late in the evening when the number of users rapidly declines. Bawana North major impediment to women's ability to work late. For instance, areas as South Extension and Connaught Place, we came across in each location were conducted at in the evening, just before condition of car parking areas and common spaces. in Nehru Place and the office areas of Connaught Place, we Some subways (like the one in Nehru Place) have some shops very few women who were shopping or commuting alone after and after it turned dark in order to study the space under . The location of police booths, public telephones, shops and hardly came across women, especially on their own, after late In sharp contrast to the deserted appearance of parks in which are open as long as the subway is open. This is a factor dark. The women we saw were either in groups, accompanied different conditions of usage by diverse categories of users. other vendors. In the case of shops, we noted shops such as Mixed usage (commuters, street children, authorized and evening. Movement within the campus is restricted for women residential colonies, the lawns and gardens around India gate are mentioned by women users as increasing their feeling of safety, by men or with their families. New Delhi Railway Station Central auto parts, liquor shops and cigarette kiosks have primarily unauthorized vendors, railway employees) students at the University of Delhi, who told us that they are thronged with people including families, couples and women till particularly if they were regular users and felt recognised by the The actual process of a safety audit is straightforward and male customers or grocery stores, vegetable vendors and reluctant to step out after dark as large sections of the roads are late in the night. There is a significant police presence in the area, shopkeepers. This was also the case in Connaught Place, where In contrast to the pattern in formal commercial areas, we found simple. A group of women, ideally including local women others which catered to a mixed clientele dimly lit and women are harassed by men on two wheelers and which falls within the high-security zone. Though only the area women users of the subways said that they feel comfortable large numbers of women on the streets even after dark in areas Industrial area Mayapuri Phase1 West cars. Even if libraries are open late, women students are rarely immediately around the memorial is well lit, groups of women because large numbers of vendors are present. where vendors, especially those selling vegetables, fruits, and who know the area well, walks through the area, assessing . The gendered nature of the space based on whether it was their own perceptions of safety or risk at different points able to use them. can be seen moving freely in the area till late evening. The other items of household needs, were present in large numbers. designed for and/or used predominantly by men or women. women we spoke to said that they had never faced harassment Debris Dumps, Partially Demolished Buildings And Dark In areas where street markets are held, unaccompanied women along the route and identifying risk factors and safety Recreational and entertainment areas, mixed usage (general public, India Gate Central . Women's own perceptions of safety and patterns of usage of Broken Or Dug Up Pavements, a common sight in Delhi, and did not feel vulnerable, as they had never heard of any Alleys were universally identified as unsafe areas for women. can be seen shopping late into the night. concerns. The audit is recorded as it proceeds. Risk and vendors, pavement dwellers, employees of commercial firms). PVR Complex the space South emerged as another major risk factor, restricting the routes instances of harassment in the area. We also found construction debris in almost all areas of Delhi 05 Safety Audits Main Findings

During the course of the Safety Audits, we spoke with Our audits revealed stark differences in the levels of open fields. Women in Madanpur Khadar and Bawana face The maps in the following section of this document are visual women users of the public spaces about their perceptions on safety in different localities in the city, with daily harassment by men from the surrounding villages. representations of some of the key risk and safety factors in the safety. Our findings are summarized below. resettlement colonies at the lowest end of the scale. They cope with this threat by going in a group, and as early audited areas. Poor levels of provision and quality of infrastructure as possible, to the fields. Since the public toilets close at 10 . Most women felt unsafe going into public spaces alone or and services are the primary factors that increase pm, women are sometimes forced to go out to the fields at The following should be kept in mind while 'reading' these after dark unless they were in groups or accompanied by women's vulnerability in these areas. night. maps. men. Women felt safer in well-lit places. . Almost every young girl that we spoke to in resettlement § . Public transport, especially buses, are seen as unsafe and . Some of the safety issues specific to resettlement colonies narrated incidents of harassment by boys and The maps are not to scale and are not intended as exact colonies are highlighted below. men (both from within the colony and from the nearby depictions of the topography and layout of the area. are cited by the majority of women as the commonest § site for harassment. . Street lighting in resettlement colonies is village) on a daily basis. Commuting by bus is impossible The human figures marked on the maps reflect the . Women felt safer in crowded places than in isolated inadequate and power supply is very irregular. for girls they are faced not only with lewd comments and gendered usage of space and are not indicative of the caste epithets, but even physically assaulted and pushed off numbers of people present. places. Bus stops are seen as safer since they are seldom Main streets in Bawana, Sundar Nagari and § deserted. Places like India Gate, where women and Madanpur Khader are dimly lighted, while inner the bus. As a consequence, many families are reluctant to The maps represent the situation of the area in the late send their daughters to school. A 15 year old girl in Bawana evening or after dark. families are present in large numbers, are felt to be safer. lanes are often completely dark. § Similarly, women prefer using the crowded main roads . Dwellings in resettlement colonies have no told us that her parents allow her only to visit families on Factors influencing women's safety have been highlighted in call-outs. Red-shaded call-outs indicate risk factors. rather taking short cuts through dark and deserted lanes. sanitation - public pay toilets are the only either side of her house going to another block in the § Symbols used in the maps are explained in the key . Male dominated spaces such as cigarette and paan shops, recourse. These are few in number (in Bawana colony is seen as too risky. alongside each map. liquor shops, street corners and dhabas are felt to be for instance, one toilet is shared by 100 families), . Older women feel unsafe as well though they challenge the unsafe and are avoided by women, especially after dark. filthy and ill maintained, with broken doors and perpetrator more often than the younger girls. Many of . Women prefer using subways which have vendors and missing light bulbs. Attendants at the toilets are all these women work in informal sector enterprises and are shops. men, and often harass women users. Men from forced to use buses and autos, or even walk on poorly lit . Women normally feel safe in using parks in early evenings the adjoining men's toilet also enter and use the roads at night. As in the case of younger girls, they face or around dusk, but not after nightfall. Parks become women's toilet. Moreover, each visit to the toilet harassment not only from other commuters, but also by almost exclusively male spaces after dark. costs Rs.2/-, while washing a bucket of clothes bus drivers and conductors. Unlike middle class women, . The presence of shops, vendors and informal costs Rs.5/-. This is a significant drain on the they do not have the option of traveling by chartered commercial activity (such as weekly markets) increases resources of families surviving below the poverty buses. Even walking within the resettlement colony leaves women open to the risk of harassment.. the feeling of security for many women. line. Women thus have no option but to use the the Perceptions Of Women The Problems Faced Interpreting The Maps On Safety In Public Places In Resettlement Areas

- No guard - One hawker - Shops not functional - Women uncomfortable using the subway Ring Road Heavy traffic The locale Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand

DDA Residences Rikshaw Stand § Police personnel South Extension is an upper-income residential cum present in outpost commercial locality in South Central Delhi, bounded by the All Hutments RTV Stand and market India Institute of Medical Sciences at one end and Defence Factories Cigarette shop Colony on the other. - Park open § The Inner Ring Road passes through South Extension, dividing Shops/ Markets - No guard Liquor shop P P P it into two parts (South Extension I and II) which are connected Vendors by a subway. Restaurant § The busy South Extension market lies on either side of the Ring Educational Institutions Road and has many large shops and showrooms. Tea Shop P § There is a college in the area, as well as some historical Hostels House under construction monuments and parks. Mother Dairy with large plastic sheets on it Parks STD/PCO The audited area Green Area Internet Café § Agricultural Land We audited the main market and sections of the residential area ATM Deep digging in South Extension I, Mandir Gali (a small market in a narrow Commercial High-rise lane inside the colony), as well as Kotla Mubarakpur and Amrit Toilet Nagar. (middle and lower income colonies abutting on South Residential High-rise Extension). We also audited a few bus stops on the Ring Road. Cinema Theater School § Most residential streets closer to the market area also have commercial activity (offices, education institutes, ayurvedic Electricity Substation - Easy access to Police Station/ Booth monument institute). Flood Light - Pitch dark inside § There is no boundary or any other demarcation between the PCR Van monument college - No timings, market and the residential area, apart from shop signboards and Street Light no guards house numbers (not always clear). The residential area starts Traffic Police Booth just as market area ends. We did not see any guards at the gates Hospital Well Lit § There is a Police Outpost in South Extension I. The closest Dark Police Station is in Defence Colony, about two kilometers away. Ambulance Electricity Sub Station Bank Bank Temple Inner Road Mosque Main Road Mandir Gali

Church Pavements

Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area Poor signage Area lit primarily Locked house with - Cars parked on all streets Access to - Gate to park open Guards Garbage Dump on streets and by light from shops broken door opening - Difficult to walk on some streets No guards monument Monument houses to service lane due to the number of cars parked closed - No guard present

Taxi Stand Man

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 09 South Extension key

- No guard - One hawker - Shops not functional - Women uncomfortable using the subway Ring Road Heavy traffic The locale Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand

Church Pavements

Taxi Stand Man

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 09 Saket key

- Harassment and chain snatching reported by residents No one could be seen - Flood-light not working in the park after dark No clear signage

Small hotels and Woman running Name and number Tent for drivers No people waiting but men and Broken walls and -No closure timings Guards at schools in the area tea stall of councillor displayed of taxi stand women getting off buses attendants rooms -No guard all ATMs

E Block Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand The locale “E block park was bustling with women Attendant and children just before dark. But DDA Residences Rikshaw Stand § Saket is an affluent residential cum commercial locality in South Working around 8.30 pm, it was pitch dark and Women’s Delhi with both DDA and private housing and a large Hutments RTV Stand Hostel commercial complex (within which the PVR movie theatre appeared to be deserted. In sharp Service Lane Factories complex is located). contrast to this park, the J block park Cigarette shop Locked ATM § d There are four main approaches into the colony from Press r Shops/ Markets a was well lit and there were many older Liquor shop o

B E Block

Enclave Marg, Mehrauli Badarpur Road, Lal Bahadur Shastri l a Marg, and Aurobindo Marg. women in the park around 8.30 pm”. Vendors J § Observations of the audit team. Restaurant There are four schools in the area, as well as a large women's Hotel under Difficult to walk on hostel on the main road. Educational Institutions repair pavements as they Tea Shop were broken or

n i dug up Hostels a

Mother Dairy

Audited area e

Parks D Broken floor tiles STD/PCO P § We audited the PVR commercial complex, and the main road in Green Area front of E block leading up to the J block market. Our audit also Internet Café Dug up Ice cream stall Men’s Urinal Dug up run by women covered the bus stops along this road and two large parks. Agricultural Land § ATM The PVR complex and the market area is a pedestrian zone Commercial High-rise J block with roads on two sides and parking areas on the other two d

Toilet r market h -No policemen

t sides. Residential High-rise l

c in PVR area

r § m -No emergency Besides the cine complex, the commercial area has restaurants, t Cinema Theater e S NGO office numbers School D fast food shops, coffee shops, books and music shops, offices, and unused displayed pubs, and a large number of kiosks selling coffee, juices and Electricity Substation toilet Police Station/ Booth snacks. Some of these kiosks have open air seating - Basement parking Basement arrangements. Flood Light AC unit P for PVR PCR Van employees § Close to the J block market, a few houses have been converted Demolished - No guards Street Light Structure P into small hotels, schools, and nursing homes. Auto rickshaws Traffic Police Booth P are available on this stretch of the road. Well Lit - Kiosk for helmets § Hospital -Attendant Almost all the gates leading to the DDA residential area have present Dark P guards whereas there are no guards in the private residential Ambulance blocks. Electricity Sub Station -Attendant § Temple present A Police Outpost is situated near the PVR complex. The nearest Inner Road Police Station is in Malviya Nagar, about 2 kilometres away. Mosque Main Road

Church Pavements

Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area Toilet locked Well lit stair cases Open access Locked gate Gates with closure Accident vehicles kept Besides the attendant, Guards present AC units of shops and Monument Garbage Dump at night to first floor to basement with guard timings and guards outside police outpost parking deserted restaurants in these lanes

Taxi Stand Man

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 11 Saket key

- Harassment and chain snatching reported by residents No one could be seen - Flood-light not working in the park after dark No clear signage

B E Block

n i dug up Hostels a

Mother Dairy

Audited area e

Toilet r market h -No policemen

t sides. Residential High-rise l

c in PVR area

Church Pavements

Taxi Stand Man

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 11 Sarita Vihar key Illegible Names and numbers Closure - Area used as short cut to neighboring villages - Ironing men living in a tent colony map of RWA members timings - Murder of a women reported in this area - Gate locked by him

- Park under n o

construction a

- Women labourer i

l A

present Government Land o

- Some men sitting T and boy playing

The locale Two eleven year old girls were harassed Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand

one evening by a boy when they were DDA Residences Rikshaw Stand Dark area between § Sarita Vihar is a middle income group DDA colony located on Mathura most apartment cycling in their block. Their mothers blocks Road in South East Delhi. It is about a kilometer away from Apollo Hutments RTV Stand Hospital, one of the largest private hospitals in Delhi. recognized the boy as he was earlier a § An urban village, Madanpur Khadar, lies adjacent to the D and E blocks resident of the same block and had Factories Cigarette shop Many unlocked of Sarita Vihar. Another small village, Ali Gaon, is about two kilometers garage doors Locked moved to an adjacent block. The Shops/ Markets E BLOCK away towards the Badarpur Thermal Power Station. Liquor shop § There are two main approaches to the colony from the Kalindi Kunj mothers contacted the parents of the Vendors Restaurant Road and from Mathura Road. boy and brought the incident of Educational Institutions harassment to their notice. Tea Shop

d Hostels a

Mother Dairy R v v The audited area Guard present in P a Parks r the guard room u

STD/PCO v v h

D BLOCK a § We audited D and E blocks, which lie towards one end of Sarita Vihar Green Area and are bounded by the main approach road. Madanpur Khadar and Ali Internet Café Trees blocking M Gaon are about a kilometer away from these blocks. There are Agricultural Land light agricultural fields and vacant government land next to D block. There ATM Commercial High-rise is also a park in each block. Toilet Guards at one § There are several markets in the area Khadar market, D block Residential High-rise E block gate market, E block market, and a small vegetable market at the junction Cinema Theater of Sarita Vihar and Khadar market. There are also many vendors in the School Electricity Substation area selling fruits, vegetables and plastic goods. P D Police Station/ Booth § P a The bus stop is about a kilometer away. Cycle rickshaws ply in the i r Flood Light y

area, with a stand at the junction. Auto rickshaws are also available at (

PCR Van C

this junction. a t

Street Light t l § Both blocks have multiple entry points. All gates in D Block have Traffic Police Booth e

S guards whereas E Block does not have guards at all gates. Gates in D h Well Lit Construction e Hospital material d Block are opened at specific times. lying on street ) § Dark A Police Post is located at the junction of D and E blocks. The nearest Ambulance police station is close to Apollo Hospital, about two kilometers from Electricity Sub Station Temple the audited area. Inner Road Mosque Main Road To Khadar Gaon/ J J

Church Pavements T T o o B

l F o

& c l

Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area k o

G c

Khadar Market k Monument Garbage Dump

Taxi Stand Man No pavements or School buses Guards at all Names and numbers of Broken Pavement encroached by taxi pedestrian path parked D block gates RWA members garage doors stand, dairy and kabadi wala Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 13 Sarita Vihar key Illegible Names and numbers Closure - Area used as short cut to neighboring villages - Ironing men living in a tent colony map of RWA members timings - Murder of a women reported in this area - Gate locked by him

- Park under n o

construction a

- Women labourer i

l A

present Government Land o

- Some men sitting T and boy playing

The locale Two eleven year old girls were harassed Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand

d Hostels a

Mother Dairy R v v The audited area Guard present in P a Parks r the guard room u

STD/PCO v v h

area, with a stand at the junction. Auto rickshaws are also available at (

PCR Van C

this junction. a t

Street Light t l § Both blocks have multiple entry points. All gates in D Block have Traffic Police Booth e

Church Pavements T T o o B

l F o

& c l

Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area k o

G c

Khadar Market k Monument Garbage Dump

Auto Stand Policeman 13 Vasant Kunj key

Dark area between Gate with guard -Many shops on first floor not in use Area used by taxi most apartment blocks and closure timings - Only men on first floor shops. stand drivers

The locale All women residents we spoke with Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand cited harassment by CRPF personnel as § DDA Residences Rikshaw Stand Vasant Kunj is an upper middle income group DDA colony located the main problem in the area. Earlier, in South West Delhi. It is a large colony extending from Andheria Hutments RTV Stand Mode upto Mahipalpur with some blocks on Aruna Asaf Ali Road they would ring the doorbell and ask for and Nelson Mandela Marg. water, or stare and pass comments. The Factories Cigarette shop § There are four main approaches from Andheria Mode, camp urinals also faced the colony. The Shops/ Markets Mahipalpur, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, and Nelson Mandela Marg. Liquor shop § There are three urban villages in Vasant Kunj Kishangarh, RWA had approached the Commanding Vendors Restaurant Masudpur and Mahipalpur. Officer of the CRPF and the MCD, p

§ Educational Institutions m

The colony is divided into Sectors (A,B,C,D and so on) which are asking for a wall between the colony and Tea Shop a P C further subdivided into Pockets (1,2,3 and so on). the Camp but both had refused. This Hostels F To D-2 block Mother Dairy P R P

fence was subsequently built by the Parks C STD/PCO The audited area RWA. However, men continued to jump Green Area over the fence until spikes were fixed on Internet Café § We audited D-1 Block (ie, Pocket 1 of Sector D). This block faces Agricultural Land top of it. although the men have since ATM Vasant Kunj Marg that links Andheria Mode to Mahipalpur. Our Commercial High-rise audit covered most of the lanes inside the block, the main roads stopped coming inside the colony, they Toilet Private around it, and the adjoining markets. There is one school in the continue to harass women by staring Residential High-rise property P audited area. and passing comments. Cinema Theater § D-1 Block can be approached from the main road as well as by an School inner road that leads to DI and D2. Guards are posted at all the Electricity Substation k

Police Station/ Booth c o

gates into the Block. l B § Flood Light One side of the block shares a common boundary with a large PCR Van 2 D CRPF Camp. The low wall is topped by a spiked iron railing. Street Light o § There are a few patches of green cover in the area. Traffic Police Booth P T § There are two markets in the area, one close to the main road on Hospital Well Lit the same side as DI block and the other in D 2 block. Apart from Dark this, a food van and a few vendors are present near the main road. Ambulance § The bus stops are located on the main Vasant Kunj Road. Auto Electricity Sub Station Temple rickshaws are also available on this road. Inner Road § Pylons for high tension electricity cables have been erected in Mosque several parks in the block. Main Road § BPO vehicles are allowed to come inside the block as there are Church Pavements many young women who work late shifts and residents find it unsafe for them to walk from the main road. Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area Women residents constantly harassed Unlocked dark room MCD building under Guards present No person seen on this Gate with guard Few men eating by personnel from this camp storing brooms etc construction section of the road and closure timings at a food van § There is a Police Outpost on Vasant Kunj Marg. The closest Police Monument Garbage Dump Station is inside the colony, about 3 kilometres away. Garbage dump with defective shutters Taxi Stand Man

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 15 Vasant Kunj key

Dark area between Gate with guard -Many shops on first floor not in use Area used by taxi most apartment blocks and closure timings - Only men on first floor shops. stand drivers

§ Educational Institutions m

Police Station/ Booth c o

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 15 Kalyanpuri & Mayur Vihar key

Guard on duty Women only in Construction Food stalls - Men hanging around on streets cycle rickshaw’s and digging - Women feel uncomfortable going out after dark as they are harassed by men t e k r

Scooters, cars a M parked on

I -

roadside e

Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand s The locale “We do not allow our girls to step Young men sitting a h

on motorcycle P outside the home after dark. Boys from DDA Residences Rikshaw Stand § Kalyanpuri is a resettlement colony located in East Delhi in the neighbourhood harass them and -No pavements theTrans-Yamuna area. It can be approached from Khichripur, Hutments RTV Stand -Dug in few places Trilokpuri, and Mayur Vihar Phase I. even snatch mobile phone. We cannot

§ Factories Gate with guards t

Mayur Vihar Phase I is a middle income group locality and is about file a police complaint as the boys further Cigarette shop e k

two kilometers away from Kalyanpuri. It can be approached from Trilokpuri r

Shops/ Markets a

harasses the girls” Liquor shop

Noida Link Road, Trilok Puri Road, and Patpargunj Road. M Girls school

A woman resident of Kalyanpuri in her 40s. G l

§ Besides private housing and DDA colonies, there is a large market with high wall a a

Vendors Acharya Niketan r n

Restaurant and locked t g

in Mayur Vihar. Market n a gates Educational Institutions M e

Tea Shop a C Pedestrian D r Presswalla ironing k i walking on road e s after dark p Hostels t Audited area - Kalyanpuri e Mother Dairy as pedestrian n “Boys and men take advantage of the s path occupied by a r y § darkness to harass us as their faces are Parks cars and scooters The audited area in Kalyanpuri included small pucca houses as well STD/PCO P o

l Gate Locked y as kuchha houses. While outer roads are fairly wide, inner lanes are not recognizable in the dark” t Green Area at night e c Internet Café h very narrow making it difficult to walk if a vehicle, even a two A woman resident in her 30s. n Vacant i Area primarily lit c Land wheeler, passes by. Agricultural Land by lights from S ATM u § Besides the Central Market, there are many small shops inside the shops p Commercial High-rise e r

residential area. Most of these shops have living quarters above a Toilet z a them. Residential High-rise t r ke No road § ar The closest bus stands are on Khichripur Road. Cinema Theater M signage A MCD § School B D There are three schools in Kalyanpuri. a n D e

k t c s i f f § Electricity Substation o o We did not come across any park in the audited area. P Police Station/ Booth lice Po ces § There is no boundary wall around the resettlement colony which d Men’s urinal Offi Flood Light oa can be accessed from any side. PCR Van R Jal board ra office NGO B a an w Street Light k ud Traffic Police Booth ur Audited area - Mayur Vihar Phase I G Well Lit t Hospital n P e hripur Road riv Va nm Khic H at can r g § Mayur Vihar is a middle income group colony with DDA flats, Dark os e t ve in pi land o ld Ambulance tal G ui houses, and private high rise apartments. Electricity Sub Station B § Acharya Niketan Market is the largest market in Mayur Vihar. Temple Inner Road Ganga Market and Phase I markets are the other markets in the audited area. Mosque Main Road § The closest bus stands are on Gurudwara Road. Church Pavements Children playing in the ground Police personnel standing - Dark area with boundary wall - Gate locked at night - Broken walls & gate § There is one school in the audited area in Mayur Vihar. outside police station - Gate not locked - Employee lives above - Ruins in same complex used as toilets § There are three parks in the audited area. Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area § There is a boundary wall in sections, or a fence around most of the Large unused building with large ground, Garbage Dump Well maintained boundary wall with grills Guard present Streets lit by lights audited area. Guards are present only at some of the gates. Monument low walls, unused toilets from houses § The nearest Police Station is in Kalyanpuri. Taxi Stand Man

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 17 Kalyanpuri & Mayur Vihar key

Guard on duty Women only in Construction Food stalls - Men hanging around on streets cycle rickshaw’s and digging - Women feel uncomfortable going out after dark as they are harassed by men t e k r

Scooters, cars a M parked on

I -

roadside e

Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand s The locale “We do not allow our girls to step Young men sitting a h

§ Factories Gate with guards t

Mayur Vihar Phase I is a middle income group locality and is about file a police complaint as the boys further Cigarette shop e k

two kilometers away from Kalyanpuri. It can be approached from Trilokpuri r

Shops/ Markets a

harasses the girls” Liquor shop

Noida Link Road, Trilok Puri Road, and Patpargunj Road. M Girls school

A woman resident of Kalyanpuri in her 40s. G l

§ Besides private housing and DDA colonies, there is a large market with high wall a a

Vendors Acharya Niketan r n

Restaurant and locked t g

in Mayur Vihar. Market n a gates Educational Institutions M e

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 17 Paschim Vihar key

- No closure timings Deserted Guards Only one service lane gate open Pedestrians forced to walk on road due Uneven pavement with Young men sitting on motorcycle Lone women, women in groups, - No guards park at all gates (probably due to construction in that lane) to uneven pavements & parked cars garbage strewn in corners outside the market with families and with men

The Locale Two girls walking back home from their Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand r a

a g

i a tuition center shared with us that they DDA Residences n

Rikshaw Stand N

§ Paschim Vihar is an upper and middle income residential u

felt safer walking on the main road than h

colony with both independent bungalows as well as DDA Hutments RTV Stand g

a R flats. It is located in West Delhi on the Delhi-Rohtak Road walking in the inner lanes. They walk

Factories o § It can be approached from National Highway 10 (Rohtak Cigarette shop T back everyday at around 6pm and face DDA Market Road), Ring Road, Najafgarh Road, and Outer Ring Road. Shops/ Markets verbal harassment very often and are Liquor shop

often followed by boys hanging around Vendors The Audited Area in the area. Restaurant Educational Institutions § Our audit covered Road number 30, B-1 block, and A 4 block Tea Shop Hostels of the colony. We also audited three parks in the area. Mother Dairy § There are three markets in the area. Besides these, several Parks Road No. 30 houses on the main road have been converted into shops. STD/PCO There are a few vendors close to the market. Green Area § Pedestrians are forced to walk on the road as vehicles are Internet Café Abandoned Agricultural Land house parked on many sections of the pavements. In other places, Open manhole pPavements are uneven and are strewn with garbage. ATM § Commercial High-rise Auto rickshaws are available near the main DDA Market. Toilet § There are no guards at the gates of private residential area. Residential High-rise

t Market

However, there are guards at each gate of the DDA housing Cinema Theater o School p

complex. e D § Electricity Substation

There is a Police Station is in the area. Police Station/ Booth e Market

c n

Flood Light a n

PCR Van i d

Street Light r O

Traffic Police Booth

o T Hospital Well Lit Dark Ambulance Electricity Sub Station Temple Inner Road Mosque Main Road

Church Pavements

Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area - Area lit only by light from shops Tent with Guards present Area lit Low wall and Area demarcated - Mostly men present telephone outside most by temple locked gate for vegetable Monument Garbage Dump equipment showrooms vendors

Taxi Stand Man

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 19 Paschim Vihar key

The Locale Two girls walking back home from their Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand r a

a g

i a tuition center shared with us that they DDA Residences n

Rikshaw Stand N

§ Paschim Vihar is an upper and middle income residential u

felt safer walking on the main road than h

colony with both independent bungalows as well as DDA Hutments RTV Stand g

a R flats. It is located in West Delhi on the Delhi-Rohtak Road walking in the inner lanes. They walk

t Market

However, there are guards at each gate of the DDA housing Cinema Theater o School p

complex. e D § Electricity Substation

There is a Police Station is in the area. Police Station/ Booth e Market

c n

Flood Light a n

PCR Van i d

Street Light r O

Traffic Police Booth

o T Hospital Well Lit Dark Ambulance Electricity Sub Station Temple Inner Road Mosque Main Road

Church Pavements

Taxi Stand Man

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 19 Patpargunj key

Women only Construction Guards at Presswalla in front Renovation work with labor Gate open Street lights Women only No women on in front lane in basements all gates of many societies working after dark and deserted covered by trees in groups this side of road r a h Mostly men i V

in basements a r i d n I

Madhu Vihar o Market T Shops on Sai ground floor Chowk and residences The locale “A large number of people are present Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand on first floor d D Balco n C Market a on the main well lit roads even after M DDA Residences Rikshaw Stand Fire Station L §

Patpargunj is a large middle income locality in the Trans- t

dark. Many women come out to buy n Yamuna area of East Delhi, with high-rise housing societies, Hutments a

RTV Stand c d a

some lower income group colonies and two large markets. vegetables from vendors. Young girls MCD Office a V § Factories No parking space o

Cigarette shop R Patparganj can be approached from the Hapur Bypass (NH and women visit the markets, mostly

Men’s urinal a

24), Vikas Marg, and New Patpargunj Road. n walking, till 9pm. However, one would Shops/ Markets a

Liquor shop v r rarely find a woman on an inner poorly a

Vendors N Restaurant Many florists Joshi colony

lit street. The guards and the dhobi on pavements d

The audited area Educational Institutions n Tea Shop a

outside each society never gives a L

§ We audited the Indraprastha Extension. The area has a mix of deserted feeling to any main road”. Hostels n Mother Dairy a c

societies and some small and densely populated colonies like a Views of a team member who resides in the locality. Parks Joshi colony, Fazalpur, Vinod Nagar, Mandavali and Chander Women only in V STD/PCO front lanes of Vihar. Green Area society not in NH § The central Mother Dairy milk processing plant is located at Internet Café back lane one end of this area. Agricultural Land 24 ATM d § Besides small shops in Vinod Nagar and Joshi Colony, there are To Vinod Nagar n Commercial High-rise a L

two large markets in the area. There are also a large number Toilet t of vendors with their carts on the pavements. Several weekly - Streets lit by n Residential High-rise lights only from a c

pavement markets are also held inside the area. Cinema Theater houses & shops MCD a § School - Small scale V There are many bus stops on the main roads in the area. Auto production units rickshaws and cycle rickshaws are easily available all over the Electricity Substation in many houses Police Station/ Booth area. § Flood Light There are two schools in the audited area. PCR Van § All residential societies have their own gates with guards. Street Light § The nearest Police Station is in Vinod Nagar (inside the Traffic Police Booth audited area). Hospital Well Lit Dark Ambulance Electricity Sub Station Automobile Showroom Temple Inner Road Mosque Main Road To Laxmi Nagar To Noida More Church Pavements

Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area

Garbage Dump Monument Demolished house with Park lit by light Guards at gates of debris lying there from road all residential societies Taxi Stand Man

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 21 Patpargunj key

in basements a r i d n I

Patpargunj is a large middle income locality in the Trans- t

dark. Many women come out to buy n Yamuna area of East Delhi, with high-rise housing societies, Hutments a

RTV Stand c d a

some lower income group colonies and two large markets. vegetables from vendors. Young girls MCD Office a V § Factories No parking space o

Cigarette shop R Patparganj can be approached from the Hapur Bypass (NH and women visit the markets, mostly

Men’s urinal a

24), Vikas Marg, and New Patpargunj Road. n walking, till 9pm. However, one would Shops/ Markets a

Liquor shop v r rarely find a woman on an inner poorly a

Vendors N Restaurant Many florists Joshi colony

lit street. The guards and the dhobi on pavements d

The audited area Educational Institutions n Tea Shop a

outside each society never gives a L

§ We audited the Indraprastha Extension. The area has a mix of deserted feeling to any main road”. Hostels n Mother Dairy a c

two large markets in the area. There are also a large number Toilet t of vendors with their carts on the pavements. Several weekly - Streets lit by n Residential High-rise lights only from a c

Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area

Garbage Dump Monument Demolished house with Park lit by light Guards at gates of debris lying there from road all residential societies Taxi Stand Man

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 21 Paschimpuri key

No guards or police Construction material - Park not locked at night Shops dealing with auto Construction material No people present in these blocks lying outside a house - Primarily used by men even in the evening parts and helmets lying on road present here

The locale “The park is taken over by men just after Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand

dark. Women cannot use the place as DDA Residences Rikshaw Stand § Paschimpuri is located in West Delhi, between Punjabi Bagh men gamble here, some appear to be Balbir Singh Marg Extension and Paschim Vihar. on the Delhi-Rohtak Road. Hutments RTV Stand § It has four main approaches - via National Highway 10 (also drunk or on drugs” Factories known as Rohtak Road), Ring Road, the Najafgarh Road, and A woman resident in her 20s on the state of a large Cigarette shop Mens urinal Old Slum Quarters park in her neighbourhood. from Outer Ring Road. Shops/ Markets Liquor shop B Block A Block Vendors The audited area Restaurant Educational Institutions § Paschimpuri is a lower and middle income group residential Tea Shop Houses used colony with three storied flats and few small private houses Hostels Mother Dairy d as healing centre, (some of which have built additional floors). Our audit also a B Block o handicraft shop, Parks R covered the six parks in the area. tuition center STD/PCO r § a A green area, a burial ground, and a cremation ground lie on g Green Area a 10-12 men one side of the colony. Internet Café N present

r § The residential area has several small shops. The market Agricultural Land i b adjoining Balbir Singh Road has shops dealing in auto parts. ATM u No guards at h school gate § Commercial High-rise g A large number of vegetable vendors sit on the roadside. a § Toilet R Cycle rickshaws and a few auto rickshaws ply in the area. Residential High-rise C Block Open drain B G 3

§ u o

There is one school in the audited area. 3 i v l

Cinema Theater d . t . i n § There is a Police Outpost in the colony. The nearest Police School o g N

Station is in Punjabi Bagh, about three kilometres away. Electricity Substation

Police Station/ Booth d a

Flood Light o PCR Van R Street Light Punjabi Bagh Traffic Police Booth Extension Well Lit Burial Hospital ground Dark Ambulance Electricity Sub Station Temple Inner Road Plant Park Nursery Mosque Main Road office

Church Pavements Cremation ground

Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area

Garbage Dump Monument Park used only by Tea stall run Construction material - Incomplete building used as auto repair shop No one present Construction material Many women Grilled and men after dark by women on roadside - Cattle ties near the building in park lying outside a house buying vegetables locked area Taxi Stand Man

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 23 Paschimpuri key

The locale “The park is taken over by men just after Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand

§ u o

There is one school in the audited area. 3 i v l

Cinema Theater d . t . i n § There is a Police Outpost in the colony. The nearest Police School o g N

Station is in Punjabi Bagh, about three kilometres away. Electricity Substation

Police Station/ Booth d a

Church Pavements Cremation ground

Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 23 Nizamuddin key

Public Nizamuddin Kabadi Men & children bathing, women Women present Area primarily lit by Large number of shops Food being distributed Few homeless men

Library basti Goods washing clothes at public water taps at general store lights from shops selling offerings etc. among the homeless sleeping on road dividers

o r

Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand e

The locale “We do not allow young girls to go out in b

the evenings. They finish their school DDA Residences Rikshaw Stand o § T The historical Nizamuddin area in South Central Delhi lies on either and other classes during the day itself. Night Shelter side of Mathura Road. Hutments RTV Stand § The tomb and shrine of Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya, a Sufi saint, are Even if we need something urgently situated behind Nizamuddin West and are important sites of from the market, the mothers will go Factories Cigarette shop Vegetable vendors pilgrimage. The tombs of the Mughal Emperor Humayun and the but not the girls.” Shops/ Markets Sufi poet Abdur Rahim Khan-e-Khana are also situated very close to Liquor shop Railway A woman resident of the shrine area in her 50s. the Nizamuddin shrine. Vendors Station Restaurant § Nizamuddin Railway Station, the only railway station in South Delhi, Educational Institutions Only men in is located in this area. Tea Shop restaurant Durgah § The area has a mix of residential colonies a basti cluster, small Hostels houses close to the shrine, high income group bungalows in Mother Dairy Nizamuddin East and West on either side of Mathura Road, and a Parks Many men playing basti cluster close to the railway station. STD/PCO cards and smoking Green Area Internet Café The audited area Agricultural Land ATM Commercial High-rise §

We audited a section of the Nizamuddin East residential area, a basti Toilet D i

Residential High-rise s

cluster, four parks (including one which is used as storage ground by p Post Office e Men’s Hostel Locked M

kabadiwalas). We also audited a night shelter and public toilet in the Cinema Theater n s

School a

t r

area. y

Electricity Substation u § The residential area around the shrine has innumerable narrow r Police Station/ Booth a

lanes, some of them leading to the shrine. One section of the R Flood Light o PCR Van Amir Khusro Nagar a residential area is Amir Khusro Nagar. d

§ d

There are four markets in the audited area near the basti cluster, in Street Light a

Traffic Police Booth o

Amir Khusro Nagar, immediately around the shrine and a large R

market near the railway station. Well Lit a

R Hospital

§ t There is a drain on Lala Lajpat Rai Road. Some kabadiwalas live on a

Dark p j

the sides of the drain, including under the bridge. Ambulance a L

§ Electricity Sub Station

a Bus, auto rickshaw, and cycle rickshaw stands are located on l

Temple a

Mathura Road and close to the Railway Station. Inner Road L § The nearest Police Station is the Nizamuddin Police Station on Mosque Main Road Mathura Road. Church Pavements

Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area No street Only older women Clear Few families cooking Area lit by lights Men sitting on Monument Garbage Dump lights present here signage in the park of shops the road dividers

Taxi Stand Man

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 25 Nizamuddin key

Public Nizamuddin Kabadi Men & children bathing, women Women present Area primarily lit by Large number of shops Food being distributed Few homeless men

Library basti Goods washing clothes at public water taps at general store lights from shops selling offerings etc. among the homeless sleeping on road dividers

o r

Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand e

The locale “We do not allow young girls to go out in b

We audited a section of the Nizamuddin East residential area, a basti Toilet D i

Residential High-rise s

cluster, four parks (including one which is used as storage ground by p Post Office e Men’s Hostel Locked M

kabadiwalas). We also audited a night shelter and public toilet in the Cinema Theater n s

School a

t r

area. y

Electricity Substation u § The residential area around the shrine has innumerable narrow r Police Station/ Booth a

lanes, some of them leading to the shrine. One section of the R Flood Light o PCR Van Amir Khusro Nagar a residential area is Amir Khusro Nagar. d

§ d

There are four markets in the audited area near the basti cluster, in Street Light a

Traffic Police Booth o

Amir Khusro Nagar, immediately around the shrine and a large R

market near the railway station. Well Lit a

R Hospital

§ t There is a drain on Lala Lajpat Rai Road. Some kabadiwalas live on a

Dark p j

the sides of the drain, including under the bridge. Ambulance a L

§ Electricity Sub Station

a Bus, auto rickshaw, and cycle rickshaw stands are located on l

Temple a

Mathura Road and close to the Railway Station. Inner Road L § The nearest Police Station is the Nizamuddin Police Station on Mosque Main Road Mathura Road. Church Pavements

Taxi Stand Man

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 25 Delhi University - 1 key

Difficult to walk - Gate locked Construction material Workers, both men Construction work Few women Very uneven due to low branches oftrees - Guards present lying on pavement & women present using rickshaw pavement

- Locked R I D G E - Appeared not in use

University Road -Men hanging around -One woman in The locale Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand a car with man

DDA Residences Rikshaw Stand § Pathway The University of Delhi was established in 1922 as a teaching and connecting residential university. In October 1933, the University offices and the Hutments RTV Stand two buildings was dark Library shifted to the Viceregal Lodge Estate, and this site is still the Factories Chattra Marg nucleus of the University and is referred to as the main campus. Cigarette shop Students’ P Book Union § The University can be approached from Mall Road, Magazine Road, Shops/ Markets Girls Store Liquor shop Hostel Office Grand Trunk Road or Malkaganj Road, and Bhama Shah Road. All these International ARTS LAW roads connect to residential areas surrounding the campus. Vendors Hostel d Restaurant d Ramjas a a s o College § o e

The university area along Magazine Road and University Road is R R

Educational Institutions y n t a i

Tea Shop r e

flanked by the Northern Ridge or Kamla Nehru Ridge, with dense s h r d i s e i Miranda s v e green cover. This is a protected area. Hostels i M Center for CIE e

n - One entrance House R

t CRL

Mother Dairy f f y § U Mountain & u

locked

Large numbers of students reside in hostels on campus. Many students l r a Men’s Hostel t i t a e Hill Environment t e S

s - Guards present Parks h g m n i

also live in private hostels or as paying guests in nearby residential Studies S I e

r Social Science l

STD/PCO l t o s o areas. & Maths r e e C

Green Area h K

§ C As the campus is very large, the audit was done by two separate teams. Internet Café Guards present Agricultural Land Tutorial - Construction Building Bank d work ATM a The audited area o - No women

R Commercial High-rise Guru Teg Bahadur Road workers

e Toilet s o

B Residential High-rise d § r i a The first team covered Chattra Marg, Shreya Misra Road, University o h R Garbage strewn Cinema Theater Guards present d Road, Sudhir Bose Road, and Guru Teg Bahadur Road. The main u w School S lo a features on this route are Ramjas College, Kirori Mal College, Khalsa g n Electricity Substation SRCC u

College, Sri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), Daulat Ram College, Police Station/ Booth d Hostel B

a SRCC Daulat Ram o

Miranda House, Central Institute of Education, Law and Arts Faculties, R College Flood Light i

h Khalsa

SRCC hostel and staff residential areas. PCR Van d

n College Sports Field Staff

§ a Residences G

There are sports fields and a men's hostel in the area. Street Light

Traffic Police Booth a

§ m

Public and university buses run inside the campus. Auto rickshaws are t a

Well Lit h also available though cycle rickshaws are the most common mode of Hospital a transport inside the campus. M Dark Staff § The nearest Police Station is at Maurice Nagar, about two kilometers Ambulance Residences away from the main campus. Electricity Sub Station Temple Inner Road Mosque Main Road

Church Pavements

Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area

Monument Garbage Dump Men urinating on Pavement occupied by construction Roads lit only by Few couples Construction workers men No pedestrians in this Taxi Stand Man pavements workers,men & women lights from cars sitting in park & women, in dimly lit tents sectionof the road

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 27 Delhi University - 1 key

- Locked R I D G E - Appeared not in use

University Road -Men hanging around -One woman in The locale Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand a car with man

The university area along Magazine Road and University Road is R R

Educational Institutions y n t a i

Tea Shop r e

flanked by the Northern Ridge or Kamla Nehru Ridge, with dense s h r d i s e i Miranda s v e green cover. This is a protected area. Hostels i M Center for CIE e

n - One entrance House R

t CRL

Mother Dairy f f y § U Mountain & u

locked

Large numbers of students reside in hostels on campus. Many students l r a Men’s Hostel t i t a e Hill Environment t e S

s - Guards present Parks h g m n i

also live in private hostels or as paying guests in nearby residential Studies S I e

r Social Science l

STD/PCO l t o s o areas. & Maths r e e C

Green Area h K

R Commercial High-rise Guru Teg Bahadur Road workers

e Toilet s o

College, Sri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), Daulat Ram College, Police Station/ Booth d Hostel B

a SRCC Daulat Ram o

Miranda House, Central Institute of Education, Law and Arts Faculties, R College Flood Light i

h Khalsa

SRCC hostel and staff residential areas. PCR Van d

n College Sports Field Staff

§ a Residences G

There are sports fields and a men's hostel in the area. Street Light

Traffic Police Booth a

§ m

Public and university buses run inside the campus. Auto rickshaws are t a

Church Pavements

Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 27

Delhi University - 2 key

l R I D G E

a M Guards present l l e e t Bicycle Stand t s The locale Pvt Residences s o - Barricades o University H H

before the gate s Music & Fine Arts s Guest house ’ DDA Residences Rikshaw Stand ’ n n e § The University of Delhi was established in 1922 as a teaching and residential e M Hutments M university. In October 1933, the University offices and the Library shifted to RTV Stand Unlocked gate the Viceregal Lodge Estate, and this site is still the nucleus of the University with chains Factories and is referred to as the main campus. Cigarette shop ity Road Univers § The University can be approached from Mall Road, Magazine Road, Grand Shops/ Markets - Few open Shri Ram - No pedestrian Liquor shop Trunk Road or Malkaganj Road, and Bhama Shah Road. All these roads manholes on Institute on road pavement Bio-Medicine - No one at s connect to residential areas surrounding the campus. Vendors Research ’ bus stop

Restaurant - Street light n s e § DSSW e Hindu g The university area along Magazine Road and University Road is flanked by covered by trees e Agro-Chemical

P h e Educational Institutions n College p l i Sports & Pest Mgmt. Tea Shop l

the Northern Ridge or Kamla Nehru Ridge, with dense green cover. This is a s e L

Hansraj

Complex o e VC’s Office Offices t y n i S

Guards present C protected area. r College Hostels L .

l Chemistry t y

Mother Dairy a

Science r

§ l S

Large numbers of students reside in hostels on campus. Many students also v Education a v a All gates with live in private hostels or as paying guests in nearby residential areas. Parks a Physics Guards present

Guards present C STD/PCO FMS chains but not § As the campus is very large, the audit was done by two separate teams. Cavalry Lane locked Green Area P

University e C d Internet Café G c Press Anthropology DSE Open manhole a n D f E e University o University I Agricultural Land o

d l W R

E n

Zoology o Gardens Gardens DUTA Agriculture o

C Meghdoot

The audited area a o p ATM Guards present r h N s Staff Economics c h

e Envt. SCS e y S s r i r Commercial High-rise c r Residence a

n t r o e y M y i n

b t & c i

i c e e n a s L e r S n r o Delhi P t

Toilet c Ecosys m y DURA § o e r n o n u r The audit covered University Road, Cavalry Lane, Cavalry Lines, Probyn PGW University t i v t e r

Adult i e i t t Residential High-rise e o n

e Women’s C c s

a d h S n

Education U B t Gandhi Association I S

M a Road, Shreya Misra Road, Sudhir Bose Road, Bungalow Road, and Chattra s Bhawan Geology Cinema Theater Sharp decline in o Marg. The main features along this route are Delhi School of Social Work, R School number of women Probyn Road Chattra Marg d a w - No street lights

Music and Fine Arts Faculty, the University administrative offices, the Vice d between 7 pm o

Electricity Substation a o l R

NDPL o woking Police Station/ Booth and 8.30 pm a

R Ramjas Kirorimal

Chancellor's Office, University lawns, Hindu College, St Stephens' College, Office e g s y - Area lit by lights t o i College College n s Delhi School of Economics, Faculty of Management Studies and Institute of Flood Light B

r u from shops

e i PCR Van d B v h i

Economic Growth. aM d

n o u U

§ Street Light S

There are sports fields and both women's and men's hostels in the area. Traffic Police Booth i

§ Public and university buses run inside the campus. Auto rickshaws are also h Well Lit d

available though cycle rickshaws are the most common mode of transport Hospital n

a G inside the campus. Dark

a No policemen § The nearest Police Station is at Maurice Nagar, about two kilometers away Ambulance

Electricity Sub Station m present t

from the main campus. a Temple h

Inner Road a Mosque Main Road

Church Pavements

Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area

Monument Garbage Dump Construction workers, Area around it used - Road dug up Cars of - Only vehicles of faculty -Few men & women present men & women, living as urinal by men - Building near road under construction All gates Vacant area with construction around 7 pm but deserted locked evening members allowed in this area material lying there in tent -Pavement occupied by labour walkers -Primarily a pedestrian zone around 8.30 pm Taxi Stand Man

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 29

Delhi University - 2 key

l R I D G E

a M Guards present l l e e t Bicycle Stand t s The locale Pvt Residences s o - Barricades o University H H

Restaurant - Street light n s e § DSSW e Hindu g The university area along Magazine Road and University Road is flanked by covered by trees e Agro-Chemical

P h e Educational Institutions n College p l i Sports & Pest Mgmt. Tea Shop l

the Northern Ridge or Kamla Nehru Ridge, with dense green cover. This is a s e L

Hansraj

Complex o e VC’s Office Offices t y n i S

Guards present C protected area. r College Hostels L .

l Chemistry t y

Mother Dairy a

Science r

§ l S

Guards present C STD/PCO FMS chains but not § As the campus is very large, the audit was done by two separate teams. Cavalry Lane locked Green Area P

University e C d Internet Café G c Press Anthropology DSE Open manhole a n D f E e University o University I Agricultural Land o

d l W R

E n

Zoology o Gardens Gardens DUTA Agriculture o

C Meghdoot

The audited area a o p ATM Guards present r h N s Staff Economics c h

e Envt. SCS e y S s r i r Commercial High-rise c r Residence a

n t r o e y M y i n

b t & c i

i c e e n a s L e r S n r o Delhi P t

Toilet c Ecosys m y DURA § o e r n o n u r The audit covered University Road, Cavalry Lane, Cavalry Lines, Probyn PGW University t i v t e r

Adult i e i t t Residential High-rise e o n

e Women’s C c s

a d h S n

Education U B t Gandhi Association I S

Music and Fine Arts Faculty, the University administrative offices, the Vice d between 7 pm o

Electricity Substation a o l R

NDPL o woking Police Station/ Booth and 8.30 pm a

R Ramjas Kirorimal

r u from shops

e i PCR Van d B v h i

Economic Growth. aM d

n o u U

§ Street Light S

There are sports fields and both women's and men's hostels in the area. Traffic Police Booth i

§ Public and university buses run inside the campus. Auto rickshaws are also h Well Lit d

available though cycle rickshaws are the most common mode of transport Hospital n

a G inside the campus. Dark

a No policemen § The nearest Police Station is at Maurice Nagar, about two kilometers away Ambulance

Electricity Sub Station m present t

from the main campus. a Temple h

Inner Road a Mosque Main Road

Church Pavements

Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 29 Connaught Place key Palika Bazaar

- Well lit underground market - No signage at entry/exit points - Guards present at all entrances - Many men sitting at the entrance steps Tea stall under staircase Poorly maintained - 2 women sales persons run by woman staircases to 1st floor - No lone women

C s Bicycle Stand o The locale A girl who travels regularly around 8pm Pvt Residences n u c n r i told us of an instance when she was DDA Residences a Rikshaw Stand u C § This landmark shopping complex was built in 1931 to commemorate the visit g followed by a man in the metro. She h .2 t of Duke of Connaught to Delhi. There are two concentric circles of Hutments t o h RTV Stand N g contacted the police at the station who Dark entrance C u colonnaded buildings with 14 blocks of shops, restaurants and offices. The ad ir o a inner circle is Connaught Circus while the outer circle is Connaught Place. Factories Cigarette shop and exit points at c R n took immediate action and caught the some subways u l n The inner and outer circles are connected by radial roads. s ia o man. She, like many other women, said Shops/ Markets ad § There are several approaches to Connaught Place Janpath, Parliament Liquor shop R C Street, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, Panchkuian Road, Chelmsford Road, Minto that they find the metro safe to travel Vendors P Restaurant - Underground al Road, Barakhamba Road, and Kasturba Gandhi Marg. Most of these roads even late at night. ika have commercial sections. Educational Institutions parking Pa Tea Shop - Men sitting on rkin § Apart from the main buildings, some areas, such as the basement market of g Hostels cots Palika Bazaar, have been added in the last decade. Mother Dairy e an All women l L P C Parks o on STD/PCO accompanied by o nau men ch ght C K The audited area Green Area S Re ircus a ya gal s Internet Café r Ci t A nem u § We audited sections of the inner and outer circle of Connaught Place, Agricultural Land No attendant a rb rg a including the Metro Station. Our audit also covered bus stops, taxi stands, ATM a G Commercial High-rise M parks and subways in the area, as well as sections of the main approach P Jeevan Bharti an Toilet gh d roads. Residential High-rise -New wing with n e h Si an i § Janpath (literally 'the road of the people') has a large number of small shops few well lit shops t L M Cinema Theater g gh a School - Most shops still a au P r and vendors selling traditional artifacts, garments and hand embroidered ar nn g under h o goods. Electricity Substation Mohan Singh g C Police Station/ Booth construction K r § a Place a The Palika Bazar basement market has a large number of small shops selling -Poorly lit entrance b Flood Light a cheap electronic goods, clothing and pirated CDs and DVDs. to residential area M PCR Van B Connaught Lane § One side of Baba Kharak Singh Marg houses State Government emporia on the rear side d Street Light a selling handicrafts and handlooms, with the Hanuman Mandir at the end. Traffic Police Booth s n Difficult to walk on pavement a J This popular temple has a small market adjacent to it with shops selling items a Well Lit No guards S due to low branches Hospital n of worship and glass bangles. There are a large number of vendors, including p women and men mehandi artists. Hanuman Lane connects the temple area Dark P a P Ambulance t to Parliament Street. Electricity Sub Station h -Subway lit by g § Sansad Marg or Parliament Street has office buildings, banks and the Jantar Temple ar Inner Road lights by street M Mantar monument. A large number of office and commercial buildings are P oy lights lst also located on Kasturba Gandhi Marg which is connected to Janpath by Mosque Main Road - Few homeless Sweets & savouries shop with To d men eating on road Tolstoy Marg. men a Church Pavements P o P § Mohan Singh Place is a multi-storied market popular for inexpensive fabric R -Private buses n and tailoring. There are some offices also in the building. Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area a parked here m § u Being a commercial and office area, almost the entire audited area was n Monument Garbage Dump a crowded. Some areas were blocked due to the construction of the metro. H § Bus traffic moves on the outer circle. Autos are available on all radial roads Taxi Stand Man and along the pouter circle. § The closest Police Station is on Baba Kharak Singh Marg, within the audited Bus Stand Woman area. -Many women at the mehndi stall Partly demolished - No women salesperson Narrow lanes between After 8pm, all women were either Area lit by lights Area lit by lights from Area lit by lights Auto Stand Policeman -Many stalls run by women house - Women present only in Internet café shops used as shortcut accompanied by a man or were in a group from shops shops and lamps of vendors from office buildings 31 Connaught Place key Palika Bazaar

Underground parking - Ramp leading to parking dimly lit - Many vehicles abandoned A school girl who crosses Nehru Place P P The locale Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand every morning on her way to school told DDA Residences Rikshaw Stand § Nehru Place is a busy commercial complex located in South Tea and food stall us that she had been accosted by a man run by woman Central Delhi, comprising of a large number of multi- one morning. The place was deserted at Hutments RTV Stand storied buildings with offices, computer hardware and the time and her friends were walking Factories Area used as software shops, banks, and fabric stores. Cigarette shop urinal by men § Nehru Place can be approached either from Outer Ring some distance behind her. The man Shops/ Markets P P Road or from Lala Lajpat Rai Path. A pedestrian subway caught her dress and tried to drag her Liquor shop crosses the Outer Ring Road. Vendors P There is a cinema theatre inside th main commercial complex away but she screamed and managed to Restaurant and a hotel in the adjoining bock. run away. On reaching school, she told Educational Institutions Tea Shop P Most shops her teacher who came back with the girl Hostels Guard at entrance dealing with The audited area to look for the man, but he could not be Mother Dairy computers and Parks electronics STD/PCO § found. Since this incident, the girl always We audited the open pedestrian areas around the Green Area Locked police multistoreyed buildings in the Nehru Place complex. moves around in a group Internet Café kiosk § Some buildings have a staircase at the front, leading up from Agricultural Land P the main entrance. The area under the stairs is used by ATM Commercial High-rise vendors and service-providers such as cobblers. Toilet Construction debris was lying under some of these stairs. Residential High-rise § Generators Guards were present in most office buildings. Cinema Theater § There are bus stops on the Outer Ring Road and on Lala School Lajpat Rai Path. These stops are crowded and there is Electricity Substation Police Station/ Booth Dimly Lit heavy traffic with private buses, chartered buses and RTVs Flood Light stopping and starting almost along the entire length of the PCR Van complex. Street Light P § There are a few public toilets in the area. One of these was Traffic Police Booth locked. P P Hospital Well Lit § There are a few dhabas and food stalls near the movie P Dark theatre. Ambulance § The entire complex is surrounded by paid parking areas. Electricity Sub Station P Temple There is also a basement car park. Inner Road § Being a commercial area, the area is crowded during the day and relatively deserted early in the mornings and late in Mosque Main Road the evenings. Church Pavements § There is a Police Outpost in the audited area. The Nehru Place Police Station is across the road from the main Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area commercial complex. Monument Garbage Dump

Man - Guards present Large generators Sections of the Taxi Stand Guards present - Parking dimly lit Office of 2 to 3 attendants Heavy Locked in most buildings - Men drinking alcohol in cars transport inspector - Steps broken in all car parks behind most buildings pavement broken Traffic Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 33 Nehru Place key

Auto Stand Policeman 33 Sundar Nagri key

Auto parts and No street Lights inside Name and numbers - Dark area used as shortcut to nearby residential areas auto repair shops lights hall premises Woman vendor of councillor - Women harassed frequently

The locale Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand

DDA Residences Rikshaw Stand § Sundar Nagri is a resettlement colony located in North East

Delhi, very near the Uttar Pradesh border. It is adjacent to Hutments d RTV Stand a Nand Nagri, Rajiv Nagar, Harsh Vihar, Mandoli, and Bunkar o

R Road No. 69

Factories r

Vihar. Cigarette shop a a

§ It can be approached from Mangal Pandey Marg, the main z

Shops/ Markets a

B Liquor shop

Nand Nagri Road and from Road numbers 68 and 69. i n

Vendors a Restaurant h The Audited Area S Educational Institutions Tea Shop § We audited J, K, and M blocks, adjoining sections of Hostels M

Mother Dairy a

Shaniwar Bazaar Road, the adjoining sections of Mangal - Boys and girls n Parks g Pandey Marg, and Road Number 69 on which Gagan playing separately a

STD/PCO - Women sitting P

Cinema is located. a

Green Area n

§ d One side of the colony is adjacent to Mangal Pandey Marg Internet Café e

(leading to Ghaziabad). A large plot of vacant land lies Agricultural Land y

between Mangal Pandey Marg and Harsh Vihar. ATM a

r § The audited area has small houses, some of which are Commercial High-rise g double storied. Some of the houses, especially on the outer Toilet Residential High-rise lanes, have converted the ground floors into shops. Cinema Theater After dark, more Vacant § Most streets are unpaved or paved with broken bricks. School women present Land

Most inner streets are only two metres wide. Electricity Substation T

on the streets in o Police Station/ Booth § Most streets do not have streetlights. Some streets have residential area G Flood Light than men h lamp posts which do not work. We saw very few streetlights a

PCR Van z

working in the audited area. a Street Light b § The closest bus stands are on Mangal Pandey Marg and Road a

Traffic Police Booth d number 69. Well Lit § There are few public toilets in the area. Hospital Vacant Hand pump Land § The nearest Police Station is the Nand Nagri Police Station, Dark & taps Ambulance about a kilometer away. Electricity Sub Station Temple Inner Road Mosque Main Road

Church Pavements

Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area Area used as short cut - Area demarcated for parks but - Water available from midnight to 6 am. Filled by Few women Garbage Dump to main road by outsiders parks have not been developed men & women but not young girls Monument and residents - Area used to dry clothes - Harassment by outsiders under influence of alcohol vendors Taxi Stand Man

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 35 Sundar Nagri key

The locale Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand

DDA Residences Rikshaw Stand § Sundar Nagri is a resettlement colony located in North East

Delhi, very near the Uttar Pradesh border. It is adjacent to Hutments d RTV Stand a Nand Nagri, Rajiv Nagar, Harsh Vihar, Mandoli, and Bunkar o

R Road No. 69

Factories r

Vihar. Cigarette shop a a

§ It can be approached from Mangal Pandey Marg, the main z

Shops/ Markets a

B Liquor shop

Nand Nagri Road and from Road numbers 68 and 69. i n

Vendors a Restaurant h The Audited Area S Educational Institutions Tea Shop § We audited J, K, and M blocks, adjoining sections of Hostels M

Mother Dairy a

Shaniwar Bazaar Road, the adjoining sections of Mangal - Boys and girls n Parks g Pandey Marg, and Road Number 69 on which Gagan playing separately a

STD/PCO - Women sitting P

Cinema is located. a

Green Area n

§ d One side of the colony is adjacent to Mangal Pandey Marg Internet Café e

(leading to Ghaziabad). A large plot of vacant land lies Agricultural Land y

between Mangal Pandey Marg and Harsh Vihar. ATM a

Most inner streets are only two metres wide. Electricity Substation T

PCR Van z

working in the audited area. a Street Light b § The closest bus stands are on Mangal Pandey Marg and Road a

Church Pavements

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 35 Madanpur Khadar JJ Colony key

Women harassed by Agricultural Women harassed Street lights work for men on two-wheelers Area by RTV drivers on short duration, area on these roads regular basis mostly in darkness

Phase III The locale Girls and women who travel on RTVs Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand

face constant harassment from drivers, DDA Residences Rikshaw Stand J J Block § Madanpur Khadar is a resettlement colony located near Kalindi Kunj Outer streets in South East Delhi, at the border of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. The conductors, and their associates who were lit Agricultural Hutments RTV Stand Area village of Khader is adjacent to the colony. pass vulgar comments, play loud § Factories Communities evicted from Nehru Place, Govindpuri, Kailash Colony, suggestive songs, or crowd against Cigarette shop Rape of a 7 year

Raj Nagar, Alaknanda, and East of Kailash were relocated to r old girl in the fields a Shops/ Markets Agricultural r women and push or rub against them. Liquor shop h

o reported at time G

Madanpur Khader between 2000 and 2004. f Area

d J J Block t of the audit a § Most women we spoke with said that n r There is no boundary wall around the resettlement colony which can Vendors a a L

Restaurant h be accessed from any side. The approach road from Noida has the other passengers always look the other B Educational Institutions Yamuna Canal on one side and an Indian Oil Depot on the other. Tea Shop y

way when girls or women are being r r a o s There is heavy truck and container movement on this road. The f

Hostels d e harassed. Some girls told us that they n p a

colony can also be approached from Khadar village. Mother Dairy d s i L a d answer back or move away when boys Parks o Locked water R

STD/PCO

r pump booster a and men harass them. r The audited area t Green Area l station o s o f

i o Internet Café d h V n

c a s

Agricultural Land L § This audit was done in the Phase III area, which has small pucca K Many vacant A P ATM b

a plots of land used

houses as well as kuchha houses. Some plots had not been built on at M n d Commercial High-rise b as dumping o u n

the time of the audit. i l d Toilet e ground or to light i d § n

g A large number of shops are located on the main approach road into Residential High-rise s cooking stoves

To Noida Indian Oil depot c h

Phase III and on all inner streets. o Cinema Theater o l § Most people have kept some of their belongings 9cots, buckets, School cooking stoves) on the narrow brick paved streets outside their Electricity Substation Police Station/ Booth homes.

Flood Light i

§ j There are paid public toilets in all blocks. These close at 10 pm after PCR Van d n n i u which all residents, including women, use the open fields. l a Hilly area used Street Light K K

§ Traffic Police Booth a as open toilet by Although there are no designated bus stops or bus shelters, buses l Hilly Area

o men & women stop at three places in the colony. RTVs (Rural Transport Vehicle) Well Lit s a e

Hospital J g which ply in the area halt at a few places which have been informally d i Women use this r Dark m

identified as stops on the roadside. B Ambulance o area only in r To Khadar village

§ Some areas have been set aside for public parks although these have Electricity Sub Station F groups after dark Temple not been developed. Inner Road § There are many agricultural fields adjacent to the resettlement colony. A small patch of scrub referred to the pahadi (or hill), is used Mosque Main Road by women as an open toilet. Women also go there to collect Church Pavements firewood. § Women prefer this road mostly Women are verbally harassed here often Dhabas and kiosks All inner lanes were dark as the houses Women present in most inner lanes, Area outside some houses There is a Police Outpost in the adjacent Gaddha Colony. The nearest Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area when commuting by vehicles They avoid this area after dark with lights had no electricity connection sitting outside their houses covered with plastic sheets Police Station is at Sarita Vihar, about four kilometers away. Monument Garbage Dump

Taxi Stand Man

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 37 Madanpur Khadar JJ Colony key

Women harassed by Agricultural Women harassed Street lights work for men on two-wheelers Area by RTV drivers on short duration, area on these roads regular basis mostly in darkness

Phase III The locale Girls and women who travel on RTVs Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand

Raj Nagar, Alaknanda, and East of Kailash were relocated to r old girl in the fields a Shops/ Markets Agricultural r women and push or rub against them. Liquor shop h

o reported at time G

Madanpur Khader between 2000 and 2004. f Area

d J J Block t of the audit a § Most women we spoke with said that n r There is no boundary wall around the resettlement colony which can Vendors a a L

way when girls or women are being r r a o s There is heavy truck and container movement on this road. The f

Hostels d e harassed. Some girls told us that they n p a

colony can also be approached from Khadar village. Mother Dairy d s i L a d answer back or move away when boys Parks o Locked water R

STD/PCO

r pump booster a and men harass them. r The audited area t Green Area l station o s o f

i o Internet Café d h V n

c a s

Agricultural Land L § This audit was done in the Phase III area, which has small pucca K Many vacant A P ATM b

a plots of land used

houses as well as kuchha houses. Some plots had not been built on at M n d Commercial High-rise b as dumping o u n

the time of the audit. i l d Toilet e ground or to light i d § n

g A large number of shops are located on the main approach road into Residential High-rise s cooking stoves

To Noida Indian Oil depot c h

Flood Light i

§ j There are paid public toilets in all blocks. These close at 10 pm after PCR Van d n n i u which all residents, including women, use the open fields. l a Hilly area used Street Light K K

§ Traffic Police Booth a as open toilet by Although there are no designated bus stops or bus shelters, buses l Hilly Area

o men & women stop at three places in the colony. RTVs (Rural Transport Vehicle) Well Lit s a e

Hospital J g which ply in the area halt at a few places which have been informally d i Women use this r Dark m

identified as stops on the roadside. B Ambulance o area only in r To Khadar village

Taxi Stand Man

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 37 Bawana Resettlement Colony key DTC Only women Terminal belonging to a traditional performing community To J J Colony present on the streets oad ela R Nar Tall wild grass in park area

The locale Women are forced to use the canal area Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand A Block A Block and fields due to lack of appropriate DDA Residences Rikshaw Stand § Bawana Resettlement Colony is located in North West Delhi, adjoining the

facilities. As the public toilets close at y

Bawana Industrial Estate. Hutments RTV Stand n o

10pm, women have no option but to use l § This is the largest resettlement colony in Delhi, with over 6000 plots of which Digging on road Factories Cigarette shop o with pillars lying about 5000 have been developed so far. Communities evicted from Yamuna open fields, making them more C

. on the ground J

Pushta, Kusumpur Pahadi, Jahangirpuri, Banuwal Nagar, Vikaspuri and Bhati vulnerable. Shops/ Markets B Block Liquor shop . B Block J

Mines since 2004 have been resettled here. § Vendors o The main approach into the colony is from Narela Road through the large and Restaurant T prosperous Bawana Village. There is no boundary wall. A canal flows along one Educational Institutions Only women perimeter, at right angles to the main road. Tea Shop No streetlights Hostels E Block E Block in inner lanes The audited area Mother Dairy Parks -Tall and dense STD/PCO agricultural Our audit covered A, B, C, and E blocks of the Resettlement Colony. About ten Green Area fields adjoining percent of the plots were unoccupied at the time of the audit. Internet Café B Block B Block residential area § The colony is built on a grid pattern with plots of 12 or 18 square metres. The Agricultural Land - Area used as open toilet after two main roads are metalled, while internal lanes are brick-paved. There are ATM Commercial High-rise dark open drains running along the drains. Houses are either kuchha or semi-pucca E Block Toilet one-room structures. In some cases, a corner has been partitioned off to serve Residential High-rise All baratghars as a bathing area and urinal. under § Cinema Theater E Block E Block construction There are paid public toilets in each block. These toilets close at ten at night after School D Block which all residents, including women, use the open fields. Electricity Substation D Block Police Station/ Booth § There are many small shops and vendors on the main roads selling items of daily Flood Light needs. A weekly market is also held on Thursdays. PCR Van § There is a bus stop at the entrance of the colony and another one on the main Well lit phone Street Light booths with Narela Road. Traffic Police Booth clear signage § There are a few open spaces which have been demarcated for public parks. At Hospital Well Lit the time of the audit, only boundary walls had been constructed and the space E Block No boundary inside was choked with tall wild grass and bushes. There are no lights inside or Dark E Block E Block Ambulance D Block D Block around the near these spaces. Electricity Sub Station residential area § Temple There are many agricultural fields adjacent to the resettlement colony, which Inner Road are used by residents of the resettlement colony as open toilets. A mango orchard nearby is used as a resting place in hot weather. Mosque Main Road § The canal flowing past the side of the colony is used by residents for bathing and Church Pavements washing clothes. The culvert of this canal is a place where local goondas and men from the neighbouring areas hang around and harass women who are Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area bathing in the canal. Garbage Dump § There was no street lighting on the internal lanes at the time of the audit. Monument § The closest Police Post is in Bawana Village. The closest Police Station is at Taxi Stand Man - Dark & deserted area Only women belonging to a - Waterbodies used by women -Toilet doors cannot be locked Few men hanging - Many unlicensed liquor Narela, about 8 kilometres away. - Used as open toilets traditional performing - Women harassed here by boys - Male attendants often misbehave shops in the area after dark from nearby village with women around at all times - Few drunk men on the streets Bus Stand Woman community present on the streets

Auto Stand Policeman 39 Bawana Resettlement Colony key DTC Only women Terminal belonging to a traditional performing community To J J Colony present on the streets oad ela R Nar Tall wild grass in park area

facilities. As the public toilets close at y

Bawana Industrial Estate. Hutments RTV Stand n o

. on the ground J

Pushta, Kusumpur Pahadi, Jahangirpuri, Banuwal Nagar, Vikaspuri and Bhati vulnerable. Shops/ Markets B Block Liquor shop . B Block J

Auto Stand Policeman 39 New Delhi Railway Station key Railway Office

Offices Terrace -Terrace unlocked Few homeless boys and -Lit by light from parking area girls sitting in the corridor Second Floor Retiring Rooms Dormitory - One woman attendent - All women accompanied by men Offices Tourism Office Terrace Entrance to terrace locked Kitchen Bicycle Stand Workers peeling vegetables The locale “It was difficult to walk on the Pahargunj Pvt Residences Unused booth with garbage Offices First Floor in the corridor side of the station…with sections of the strewn around it § DDA Residences Rikshaw Stand The New Delhi Railway Station is one of the largest railway road broken and dark. Even inside the stations in India and handles over three hundred trains and lakhs of Hutments RTV Stand travelers each day. Most East and North bound trains originate station, the corners of the platforms Factories here. were dimly lit with men hanging Cigarette shop Pahargunj Entrance § The station is located very close to Connaught Place, with two P around… even having a bath” Shops/ Markets main entrances from Ajmeri Gate and Paharganj. Liquor shop A team member's reaction after the audit. § Paharganj lies to the west of the station and is crowded with low- Vendors Restaurant -Guards at all budget hotels, restaurants, and a wide variety of shops catering to waiting rooms Traffic Police Educational Institutions -Woman attendant both domestic travelers and foreign tourists, predominantly Tea Shop at women’s backpackers. waiting room Hostels Ticket Counters § There is a Metro station on the Ajmeri Gate side. Mother Dairy Parks Waiting Room Waiting Room Waiting Room Grievance STD/PCO Small dark for Women Cell Few men hanging The audited area Green Area alley leading around on over bridge Internet Café to parking area § Our audit covered Platforms 1, 4, 6, and 12 and the overbridges Agricultural Land ATM - Empty and dark connecting them. Commercial High-rise train on platform § Platform 1 has offices, canteens, and retiring rooms on the first -No women seen Toilet alone on platform 1 -

and second floors. We did not audit the third floor. Residential High-rise - - -

§ - Besides the ticket counters, the entrance from Ajmeri Gate side Cinema Theater - - e e - g g

School - d d i - has a couple of fast food restaurants. i r r - - B B

- r § Electricity Substation r -

There are large parking areas on both sides of the station. e e - v v

Police Station/ Booth - - O O § A Police Station and RPF post are located on the Paharganj side of - - Books Flood Light - - the station. There is a Police Helpdesk near the parking area on PCR Van - - No train on 2 1

the Ajmeri Gate side. Police personnel are also present on Street Light platform s Traffic Police Booth m - Few porters r r platforms where passengers were boarding the trains. R o o a t present f m la t ca a p s

Well Lit l Hospital - 2 boys playing on E pavement P Not in use Dark Ambulance Exclusive parking for platform 12 Men’s Urinal Electricity Sub Station P Temple Clear signage Luggage & Cargo Area Inner Road Ticket Waiting Room Shelter for Ticket Counters - Common for Counters porters Mosque Main Road men & women Rail Yatri - Well lit common Niwas Church Pavements bathroom Metro Ajmeri Gate Construction Abandoned Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area vehicles in P Entrance one corner Monument Garbage Dump

Taxi Stand Man - Not clearly visible Homeless people living - No demarcated waiting space Deserted No clear signage about entrance - Passengers waiting for train Few porters Signage in man bathing - No signage in the parking area - Many people waiting in the area in sections to station and platform - No women alone on platform with luggage English only on platform Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 41 New Delhi Railway Station key Railway Office

and second floors. We did not audit the third floor. Residential High-rise - - -

§ - Besides the ticket counters, the entrance from Ajmeri Gate side Cinema Theater - - e e - g g

School - d d i - has a couple of fast food restaurants. i r r - - B B

- r § Electricity Substation r -

There are large parking areas on both sides of the station. e e - v v

Auto Stand Policeman 41 Mayapuri Industrial Area key Goods stored Name and number of No clear signage - Most streets did not have lights Cycles parked Lights inside Low grills -Cars, trucks, two wheelers parked outside many factories councillors displayed - Many potholes on roads outside factories factories outside factories - Drivers of many vehicles present

B Block Phase - I C Block Phase - III

Pavements only The locale “Imagine this on a daily basis… It is so Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand in front of few factories

risky for a woman working here to walk DDA Residences Rikshaw Stand a n § Mayapuri Industrial Area is located in South West Delhi off the Ring i a on these broken dark roads without r Road on Mayapuri Road. The area is divided into two phases, separated Hutments RTV Stand a N by a park. pavements. And then crossing men Barber § Industrial units here include manufacturers of plastic bumpers, urinating on the pavement on the main Factories Cigarette shop -Metal scrap lying industrial shock absorbers, printing presses, paint and varnish Generators outside in an open area road to reach the bus stop”. Shops/ Markets - One man collecting manufacturers, electroplating, steel sink, plastic automotive parts, Liquor shop many factories scrap A team member's reaction to the walk from a factory Tailor automobile service stations. Vendors to the bus stop in Phase I. Restaurant Generator § There are also a few basti clusters close to the railway line that runs Educational Institutions parallel to the Industrial Estate Tea Shop d a

Hostels o Mother Dairy R Generator The audited area g n Parks i Unlocked grills STD/PCO R Locked § We audited Block B, Phase I and Block C, Phase II which have factories Green Area Heavy machinery Guard Room of varying sizes, from buildings of two or three floors to simple sheds. Internet Café lying on the road § Agricultural Land 2 wheeler repair shop There are no streetlights in Phase I and the area is lit only by lights from ATM the factories. Phase II has a few streetlights. Commercial High-rise Welding done on pavements § A few factories have constructed pavements at their entrances, while

Toilet s Residential High-rise s

e Police Station

most others have no pavements. Some of the pavements are used for r parking vehicles while others are extensions of work area of the Cinema Theater Few locked and P School unused factories factories. Electricity Substation § There are several vendors and a few dhabas, tea and cigarette kiosks Police Station/ Booth

n on the pavements. Flood Light DTC Depot e d § There are a few parks including a large one with one entrance on PCR Van r Mayapuri Road a

G Mayapuri Road and another gate near the basti by the railway line. Street Light i Traffic Police Booth r o § Across the road from Phase I is Hari Nagar, a middle income residential j a area, and four schools. Hospital Well Lit R § The main bus stop is on Mayapuri Road. The stop becomes crowded Dark when the evening shift ends between 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm. Women Ambulance Electricity Sub Station (who sometimes work overtime until 9 pm) or go to the bus stop after Temple dark either walk to the stop in a group or are accompanied by male Inner Road colleagues. Mosque Main Road § There is a Police Station in the area. Church Pavements

Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area

Monument Garbage Dump All tea and cigarette - Poorly maintained park with garbage Accident vehicles Shop with shoes piled Many boys also playing No clear signage outside Name & number of - Large garbage dump with shutters closed after dark near police station No gate in the park Taxi Stand Man kiosks lit after dark on pavement many factories councillor displayed

Bus Stand Woman Tea stall run by a woman and her husband Many men urinating on pavement

Auto Stand Policeman 43 Mayapuri Industrial Area key Goods stored Name and number of No clear signage - Most streets did not have lights Cycles parked Lights inside Low grills -Cars, trucks, two wheelers parked outside many factories councillors displayed - Many potholes on roads outside factories factories outside factories - Drivers of many vehicles present

B Block Phase - I C Block Phase - III

Pavements only The locale “Imagine this on a daily basis… It is so Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand in front of few factories

Toilet s Residential High-rise s

e Police Station

n on the pavements. Flood Light DTC Depot e d § There are a few parks including a large one with one entrance on PCR Van r Mayapuri Road a

Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area

Bus Stand Woman Tea stall run by a woman and her husband Many men urinating on pavement

Auto Stand Policeman 43 India Gate key

Parking with Portable Park locked Ice cream Men and boys selling Boys bathing Nearly 40 ice cream vendors Tents of police Glass booth exhibition Woman on her evening Tents of police barricades after dark vendors balloons & chips in canal in the area with well lit carts personnel walk, alone well after dark personnel

Government Building The locale The women we spoke with at India Gate Pvt Residences Bicycle Stand lawns were of the view that they felt safe § DDA Residences Rikshaw Stand India Gate is situated on Rajpath, at the heart of Lutyen's Delhi. in the area as it was crowded, well lit, This monument was built in 1931 to commemorate the Indian Hutments RTV Stand soldiers who died in World War I and the Afghan Wars. and there were large number of

Factories g § India Gate lies at the centre of two concentric circular roads Cigarette shop r

vendors. Some added that being a a M connected by ten radial roads - Rajpath, Akbar Road, i

Shops/ Markets l a

popular family destination added to its a Liquor shop m n w

Shahjahan Road, Pandara Road, Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg, u o d e d i

s i s t a Shershah Road, Purana Quila Road, Tilak Marg, Kasturba safety. ’ a u Vendors K

P n o e

Restaurant d R

k N

M r Gandhi Marg and Ashok Road. India Gate can be approached r a h

d a l g

P m i

p h

Educational Institutions n t h h from any of these radial roads. i a

Tea Shop s

C A

p i § n f a

The area is a high security zone because of its proximity to n a

Hostels a J Rashtrapati Bhawan, the Prime Minister's Office, the Mother Dairy M R Ministries of Home, Finance and Defence, the residences of Parks MPs and Ministers, the High Court and Parliament House. STD/PCO § There are large parks (including a children's park) on either Green Area Rajpath side of Rajpath and some sections have small canals with a Internet Café Agricultural Land Boat Club with boats that can be hired for rides. ATM Boat Commercial High-rise Club Government. Toilet Building The audited area Residential High-rise P Cinema Theater n School o o r

§ i t

We audited the pedestrian zone, the area around the t e a

Electricity Substation t M monument, the roads near Children's Park and the entire Police Station/ Booth S stretch of Rajpath up to Rafi Marg. Flood Light § There are few government offices and a Metro station on Rafi PCR Van Marg. Street Light § The entire area is crowded with tourists, picnickers and Traffic Police Booth vendors until late in the night. Hospital Well Lit § Several police vans are on 24-hour patrol in the area. Dark Government § The nearest Police Station is at Tilak Marg, about a kilometer Ambulance Building away from the audited area. Electricity Sub Station Temple Inner Road Mosque Main Road

Church Pavements -Pedestrian zone Cordoned off section Some men lying Uneven area Guards & police Ice cream Mobile phone -Woman vendor of Amar Jawan Jyoti in the park with pit personnel present vendor booth Gurudwara Broken / Unpaved area

Monument Garbage Dump

Taxi Stand Man

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 45 India Gate key

Factories g § India Gate lies at the centre of two concentric circular roads Cigarette shop r

vendors. Some added that being a a M connected by ten radial roads - Rajpath, Akbar Road, i

Shops/ Markets l a

popular family destination added to its a Liquor shop m n w

Shahjahan Road, Pandara Road, Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg, u o d e d i

s i s t a Shershah Road, Purana Quila Road, Tilak Marg, Kasturba safety. ’ a u Vendors K

P n o e

Restaurant d R

k N

M r Gandhi Marg and Ashok Road. India Gate can be approached r a h

d a l g

P m i

p h

Educational Institutions n t h h from any of these radial roads. i a

Tea Shop s

C A

p i § n f a

The area is a high security zone because of its proximity to n a

§ i t

We audited the pedestrian zone, the area around the t e a

Monument Garbage Dump

Taxi Stand Man

Bus Stand Woman

Auto Stand Policeman 45 How To Do A Safety Audit Glossary Further Reading Credits

Initial Steps Observing the Infrastructure Observe the Gendered Speak with the Writing the Audit Notes Books, Reports, Articles Related Websites Usage of Space Users of the Space and Discussions with Local Authorities

. Select a group of women, . You could begin with the condition of will be easy to drag anyone into these . In all the areas mentioned above, . Speak with the women in the area . Discuss the observations of the Amar Jawan Jyoti Eternal flame, a war memorial . Miranne, Kristine and Alma Young (ed) www.metrac.org Safety Audits & Area Mapping JAGORI Team including one or more residents or roads and streets - are they well spaces. observe the number of men and about their perceptions of women's group and write them according to Gendering the City: Women, Boundaries and This site provides details about the beginning of users of the area. paved, or full of potholes, or have they . Is it possible for you to see ahead clearly women (including young boys and safety in that area. Do they feel safe the areas observed. This could be Barat Ghar Community wedding hall Visions of Urban Life. Lanham: Rowman and Safety Audits, the process of conducting Safety Text and Maps Surabhi Tandon Mehrotra & . A group should ideally not be less been dug up for laying of pipes etc. when you are walking on the roads or girls) using the area. Note whether and comfortable here? Have they done street wise, or block wise, or Basti Informal working-class settlement Littlefield, 2000. Audits, and the impact of these Audits. Kalpana Viswanath (input from than three women. . Observe and note the condition of inner streets? Or is your vision women are present at the bus heard of any incidents of sexual building wise. Kalyani Menon-Sen) . Identify the area of audit and pavements. Are the pavements well obstructed by hoardings, cars parked stops, on the roads, markets and till harassment in the area? Have they . Write details about all infrastructure Choola Wood or coal-fired cooking stove . Mtani, Anna. Violence and Women's City: www.femmesetvilles.org the route. Make a mental map of laid, broken in places, dug up, or on the roads, trees and bushes? what time. Observe whether there been harassed in the area? Are there issues such as lights, pavements etc Meeting Places and Places of Interaction, Femmesetvilles or Women in Cities International Technical Support Shabana Kazmi & Priya Rajput Dhaba Roadside tea stall or eating place the route to be covered. covered by bushes? Are there any . Observe the markets closely, especially is a pattern in the usage of space any places which they avoid? At for all areas. Experience of Dar-es-Salaam. December 2000. is an exchange network for organizations . Try to organise a discussion with encroachments on the pavements? Are in terms of lights, signage, phone according to time. what times of the day? Do they . Once the notes have been finalised, Kabadiwala Junk dealer concerned with gender equality issues and the Design & Layout Pavitr Rastogi local residents/ users of the area there vendors, stalls, taxi stands etc on booths, the kind of shops (are there any . Note areas where men are present avoid using spaces when they are the main problem areas can be . Whitzman, Carolyn and Gerda Wekerle. Safe place of women in cities. to gain an understanding about the the pavements? Further ask yourself Liquor shops?). Also note the location in large numbers - cigarette and alone? Are there any changes which identified and discussed with the Kuchha Impermanent structure Cities: Guidelines for Planning, Design, and local authorities. The RWA, the www.pukar.org.in local issues such as street lighting questions like, Will I be able to walk fast and conditions outside cinema halls, paan shops, dhabas, liquor shops, will make them feel safer? Mehendi Henna patterns applied on hands Management. New York: Van Nostrand issues or specific areas where here? If someone is chasing me, will I be restaurants, coffee shops, and other street corners, and any other areas. . Ask yourself the same questions as Market Association, or the students' Reinhold, 1995. Pukar seeks to contribute to the debate incidents of sexual harassment able to run from here? eateries. Further, make a note of the . Note the areas where women are you are using the same space organisations can take up the issues Paan Betel leaf concerning urbanization and globalisation and take place. . Another important aspect of location of general stores, vendors, and present in large numbers. They with the concerned authorities . Caroline Andrew, Pat Harewood, Fran aims to generate new urban knowledge with the Pahadi Highland or hilly area . If the area is large, then the group infrastructure is street lights. Observe milk booths. could be present in markets, near Klodawsky, Alette Willis. 2004. “Accessing City participation of Mumbai's citizens. It conducts can be divided otherwise the and note whether the area is well lit/ . What is the condition of signage? Are general stores, in areas with Presswala A person who irons clothes Hall: The Working Group on Women's Access to research in different fields including gender and group can walk together. brightly lit/ uniformly lit. Are all the lights the boards indicating the name of the vendors, near temples, and also Municipal Services in Ottawa”, Women and space. . Carry paper and pen as one or two working? If not, ask the locals whether area, the numbers of the houses etc? parks. Pucca P ermanent Structure Environments International, 62?63, pp 49-50. members should make notes of they are not functioning at the time of . While using subways, note the www.wds.org.uk the observations. the audit only or have they been not condition of lights, the condition of the . Making the Links: First International Seminar on Women's Design Service works on the issues of . It is a good idea to start just before functioning from earlier. Are the lights subway itself, whether any shops or Women's Safety. May 2002. Montreal. women's safety in urban environment. It is a it gets dark. One can walk and covered by trees/ hoardings? Observe vendors are present in the subways. resource for consultancy, training, information, make observations along the audit the main roads, inner roads, streets, by . Make a note of the location of phone . Women's Safety Awards 2004: A Compendium advice and route before dark and then trace lanes, service lanes, and areas between booths, police outposts, guards. of Good Practices. Women in Cities research on issues related to women and urban back the route after dark to map buildings (commercial and residential). . Also note the location and condition International. 2004. design. the differences in the usage of . What is the condition of the parks? of garbage areas, urinals, and public space by women and men. It might Are they well maintained and well lit? Or toilets. Are there any attendants in the . Making Women More Secure in Delhi: Towards be useful to carry torchlights. do they have overgrown bushes and toilets? Confidence Building and Tackling Sexual grass? Do they have boundary walls and . Observe the location of cigarette and Harassment. Initiatives by Delhi Government. gates? Do they have closure timings? Ask paan shops, and dhabas. the users whether the timings are . What is the condition of car parking . Brunswick Estate Women's Community Safety adhered to? Are there any monuments areas? Are they well lit, well Audit Interim Report January 2005. in the parks? If so, do they have easy maintained, are there any abandoned www.wds.org.uk/www/download%20docume access? vehicles, and are there any attendants in nts/MSP/Brunswick_Estate_Interim_Report_fin . Are there any green areas/ the car parkings? Note if there are any al_090205.pdf agricultural land/ vacant land in the isolated or deserted areas around the audited area? What kind of access do car parkings. . Making Safer Places: Women's Safety in our they have? . Note the infrastructure around Cities. Conference Report. November 2005. . Observe the condition of bus stops? buildings which are used primarily Women's Design Service. London. Are they well maintained and well lit? by women such as women's hostels, . http://www.wds.org.uk/www/download%20d What is the source of the light? women's colleges. ocuments/MSP/womens_safety_in_our_cities_ . Note if there are any demolished or . Make a note of the presence of autos, conf_report.pdf abandoned buildings, especially with rickshaws, and taxi stands (observe an easy access. Ask yourself whether it the area where the taxi drivers live). 47 How To Do A Safety Audit Glossary Further Reading Credits

. Select a group of women, . You could begin with the condition of will be easy to drag anyone into these . In all the areas mentioned above, . Speak with the women in the area . Discuss the observations of the Amar Jawan Jyoti Eternal flame, a war memorial . Miranne, Kristine and Alma Young (ed) www.metrac.org Safety Audits & Area Mapping JAGORI Team including one or more residents or roads and streets - are they well spaces. observe the number of men and about their perceptions of women's group and write them according to Gendering the City: Women, Boundaries and This site provides details about the beginning of users of the area. paved, or full of potholes, or have they . Is it possible for you to see ahead clearly women (including young boys and safety in that area. Do they feel safe the areas observed. This could be Barat Ghar Community wedding hall Visions of Urban Life. Lanham: Rowman and Safety Audits, the process of conducting Safety Text and Maps Surabhi Tandon Mehrotra & . A group should ideally not be less been dug up for laying of pipes etc. when you are walking on the roads or girls) using the area. Note whether and comfortable here? Have they done street wise, or block wise, or Basti Informal working-class settlement Littlefield, 2000. Audits, and the impact of these Audits. Kalpana Viswanath (input from than three women. . Observe and note the condition of inner streets? Or is your vision women are present at the bus heard of any incidents of sexual building wise. Kalyani Menon-Sen) . Identify the area of audit and pavements. Are the pavements well obstructed by hoardings, cars parked stops, on the roads, markets and till harassment in the area? Have they . Write details about all infrastructure Choola Wood or coal-fired cooking stove . Mtani, Anna. Violence and Women's City: www.femmesetvilles.org the route. Make a mental map of laid, broken in places, dug up, or on the roads, trees and bushes? what time. Observe whether there been harassed in the area? Are there issues such as lights, pavements etc Meeting Places and Places of Interaction, Femmesetvilles or Women in Cities International Technical Support Shabana Kazmi & Priya Rajput Dhaba Roadside tea stall or eating place the route to be covered. covered by bushes? Are there any . Observe the markets closely, especially is a pattern in the usage of space any places which they avoid? At for all areas. Experience of Dar-es-Salaam. December 2000. is an exchange network for organizations . Try to organise a discussion with encroachments on the pavements? Are in terms of lights, signage, phone according to time. what times of the day? Do they . Once the notes have been finalised, Kabadiwala Junk dealer concerned with gender equality issues and the Design & Layout Pavitr Rastogi local residents/ users of the area there vendors, stalls, taxi stands etc on booths, the kind of shops (are there any . Note areas where men are present avoid using spaces when they are the main problem areas can be . Whitzman, Carolyn and Gerda Wekerle. Safe place of women in cities. to gain an understanding about the the pavements? Further ask yourself Liquor shops?). Also note the location in large numbers - cigarette and alone? Are there any changes which identified and discussed with the Kuchha Impermanent structure Cities: Guidelines for Planning, Design, and local authorities. The RWA, the www.pukar.org.in local issues such as street lighting questions like, Will I be able to walk fast and conditions outside cinema halls, paan shops, dhabas, liquor shops, will make them feel safer? Mehendi Henna patterns applied on hands Management. New York: Van Nostrand issues or specific areas where here? If someone is chasing me, will I be restaurants, coffee shops, and other street corners, and any other areas. . Ask yourself the same questions as Market Association, or the students' Reinhold, 1995. Pukar seeks to contribute to the debate incidents of sexual harassment able to run from here? eateries. Further, make a note of the . Note the areas where women are you are using the same space organisations can take up the issues Paan Betel leaf concerning urbanization and globalisation and take place. . Another important aspect of location of general stores, vendors, and present in large numbers. They with the concerned authorities . Caroline Andrew, Pat Harewood, Fran aims to generate new urban knowledge with the Pahadi Highland or hilly area . If the area is large, then the group infrastructure is street lights. Observe milk booths. could be present in markets, near Klodawsky, Alette Willis. 2004. “Accessing City participation of Mumbai's citizens. It conducts can be divided otherwise the and note whether the area is well lit/ . What is the condition of signage? Are general stores, in areas with Presswala A person who irons clothes Hall: The Working Group on Women's Access to research in different fields including gender and group can walk together. brightly lit/ uniformly lit. Are all the lights the boards indicating the name of the vendors, near temples, and also Municipal Services in Ottawa”, Women and space. . Carry paper and pen as one or two working? If not, ask the locals whether area, the numbers of the houses etc? parks. Pucca P ermanent Structure Environments International, 62?63, pp 49-50. members should make notes of they are not functioning at the time of . While using subways, note the www.wds.org.uk the observations. the audit only or have they been not condition of lights, the condition of the . Making the Links: First International Seminar on Women's Design Service works on the issues of . It is a good idea to start just before functioning from earlier. Are the lights subway itself, whether any shops or Women's Safety. May 2002. Montreal. women's safety in urban environment. It is a it gets dark. One can walk and covered by trees/ hoardings? Observe vendors are present in the subways. resource for consultancy, training, information, make observations along the audit the main roads, inner roads, streets, by . Make a note of the location of phone . Women's Safety Awards 2004: A Compendium advice and route before dark and then trace lanes, service lanes, and areas between booths, police outposts, guards. of Good Practices. Women in Cities research on issues related to women and urban back the route after dark to map buildings (commercial and residential). . Also note the location and condition International. 2004. design. the differences in the usage of . What is the condition of the parks? of garbage areas, urinals, and public space by women and men. It might Are they well maintained and well lit? Or toilets. Are there any attendants in the . Making Women More Secure in Delhi: Towards be useful to carry torchlights. do they have overgrown bushes and toilets? Confidence Building and Tackling Sexual grass? Do they have boundary walls and . Observe the location of cigarette and Harassment. Initiatives by Delhi Government. gates? Do they have closure timings? Ask paan shops, and dhabas. the users whether the timings are . What is the condition of car parking . Brunswick Estate Women's Community Safety adhered to? Are there any monuments areas? Are they well lit, well Audit Interim Report January 2005. in the parks? If so, do they have easy maintained, are there any abandoned www.wds.org.uk/www/download%20docume access? vehicles, and are there any attendants in nts/MSP/Brunswick_Estate_Interim_Report_fin . Are there any green areas/ the car parkings? Note if there are any al_090205.pdf agricultural land/ vacant land in the isolated or deserted areas around the audited area? What kind of access do car parkings. . 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