Summary:
NEW DELHI: Four out 10 people feel insecure while travelling within the city, and if only women are taken into consideration then the number is 47%. The number of women feeling insecure in Delhi was 42%.In all, 72% of the cases were reported through Dial 100 emergency response system. In a study done by NGO Praja Foundation, about 40% of the people they interviewed said they felt insecure in general, while 50% found the city unsafe for women. It was also found that 54% Delhiites who had witnessed a crime didn’t report it to police.The survey showed that 39% of south Delhi residents and 51% in parts of northeast Delhi, including Shahdara district, felt unsafe. Since the criminal justice system begins with reporting of a crime, we need more people to step out and report it to us..