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New Delhi, June 14The Dialogue and Development Commission (DDC) has constituted a task force for women safety in public transport in the national capital. “The task force will conduct both off and on ground reviewing and monitoring of all existing schemes for women’s safety,” said Vice-Chairperson of the DDC Jasmine Shah. The task force, constituted with the approval of Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot, has been entrusted with evaluating and monitoring of various initiatives taken by the government for women’s safety including installation of CCTV cameras and panic buttons in buses and strengthening the Delhi Government’s flagship ‘Bus Marshal’ scheme, which has been in place in all government-run DTC buses since 2015..