GURGAON: After 4,500 safety audits of different areas in the national Capital, SafetiPin, a mobile safety app that scans localities to ascertain safety in relative terms, will begin combing Gurgaon this week. The task will be carried out with support from various residents’ welfare associations (RWAs) and Hindustan Times. 

In this introductory phase in Gurgaon, the founders of this mobile safety app, designed especially for women, will study 10 areas in Gurgaon’s east zone. 

It will cover areas such as Nathupur village, Chakkarpur village, Sikanderpur village, Sushant Lok, Sector 56 and Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road. 

“With full cooperation from the Gurgaon police, we will commence the safety audit sometime this week. The survey will be completed next week and the information will be uploaded on the internet. This information can be accessed via the SafetiPin application for internet-enabled phones,” said Kalpana Viswanath, a resident of Sun City in Sector 54, who has cofounded this application with her husband Ashish Basu. Viswanath is NGO Jagori’s advisor on the Safe Delhi programme. 

While SafetiPin mobile safety app can track your loved ones in real time, its actual USP is the safety audits, which relatively quantifies security status of various localities. 

“Since the audit will affect real estate prices, the RWAs will be pushed to improve law and order in their areas,” co-founder Ashish Basu said. 

Gurgaon police commissioner Alok Mittal had welcomed the initiative and endorsed the idea of conducting safety audits. The founders of this maps app may also link it with the police helpline number, 100. 

“This is a very good initiative. Residents can update not only past incidents of crime but also notify areas used as crime hubs by anti-social elements,” Mittal said.