This Report has been prepared as part of the Project being undertaken with NDMC to Enhance the Last Mile Connectivity along the metro stations within its jurisdiction. The safety audits were conducted by Smt. Jaspal Kaur and Smt. Manju, architects from NDMC along with Safetipin team.
Central Secretariat
SAFETY SCORE: 3.9/5
SafetiPin is a map-based mobile phone and online application, which works to make communities and cities safer by providing safety-related information collected by users and by trained auditors. At the core of the app is the Women’s Safety Audit. A Women’s Safety Audit (WSA) is a participatory tool for collecting and assessing information about perceptions of urban safety in public spaces. The audit is based on nine parameters – Lighting, Openness, Visibility, Crowd, Security, Walk path, Availability of Public Transport, Gender Diversity, and Feeling.
The audits were conducted by architects from NDMC along with Safetipin team. The assessment was done post sunset till 9pm.
Central Secretariat is an underground metro station that provides a same-level interchange between the two lines of Delhi Metro namely Yellow line and Violet line. Located in the administrative zone of the city, this station experiences high footfall daily.
An area of approximately 500m radius around the metro station has been studied and 67 audit pins have been generated. The area outside the metro entry/exit and the Bus Stop were studied. The areas around the Government’s various government offices were studied in detail.
Safety Audits indicate that the area around the metro stations is safe. The parameter of Lighting has been rated Above Average. Being a part of Lutyens’ Delhi, this area is well designed and managed. The footpath is present throughout the audit area and is rated Good.
Owing to the availability of interchange stops for metro and bus, the parameter of Public Transport has been rated Above Average.