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. Nutan, the architect from NDMC along with Safetipin team.

Udyog Bhawan
SAFETY SCORE: 3.8/5

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 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 along with female architect from NDMC. The assessment was done post sunset till 10pm. A total of 50 audit pins have been generated.

Udyog Bhawan metro station is part of Yellow Line of the Delhi Metro. It caters to the administrative zone of the city along with the Central Secretariat station. The area mainly comprises of offices and few cultural institutes like the National Museum. The area witnessed high footfall during the day but becomes secluded in the evening hours.

Safety Audits indicate that the area around the metro stations is safe. Lighting and Walkpath parameters have been rated Good overall. Openness and Public Transport parameters have been rated Above Average. The overall Feeling in this area has been rated Average. This is because the area becomes secluded once the offices close resulting in low ratings for Crowd and Gender Diversity. The Gender Diversity was found to have the lowest rating in this area as very few women are present here after the offices close. Security and Visibility parameters have been rated Below Average. While certain areas saw Police presence, the area largely fares low on Security. The Visibility
parameter fares low on account on very few eyes-on-the-street and high boundary walls in most parts of the audit area.