The issue assumes importance in light of Monday's incident of a Delhi University student being molested by man sitting next to her in a DTC bus while she video recorded the act.
It was a nightmare boarding a state-run bus for 29-year-old Rakshita Gupta earlier this year while she had got late from work and had missed her routine bus from the ITO bus stand.
She was one of the few women on board and a bunch of rowdy men first stared at them and eventually passed lewd comments on her after which she told the conductor to stop the bus.
Even as the AAP government celebrated its three years of governance in the national capital, it seems to have failed on its poll promise of making women feel safe in the city. The manifesto of the party had women safety, CCTVs and deploying marshalls in public transport on top agenda. However, in three years , surveillance cameras were installed only in three to four Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses, which were put up on a pilot basis, sources said.
The issue assumes importance in light of Monday's incident of a Delhi University student being molested by man sitting next to her in a DTC bus while she video recorded the act.
The DTC fleet has around 5,400 buses while there are 1600 cluster-run buses, which are managed by the Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS).
While the government maintains that CCTVs were installed on 200 buses on Sarojini Nagar and Rajghat depots, the records of footage from these buses are not available with the Central Control Room managed by the transport department.
The AAP government has around 2800 marshalls to be deployed on DTC buses in two shifts during the day, however, it is difficult to spot them on duty. Besides, officials said, without any training and weapon, there is nothing much they can do either.
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
 "CCTV")
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
)
)
)
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}