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, an architect from NDMC along with Safetipin team.

Barakhamba Road
SAFETY SCORE: 3.7/5

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 architects from NDMC. The assessment was done post sunset till 10 pm. An area of approximately 500m around the metro station was audited and a total of 44 audit pins have been generated. Barakhamba Road is an extension of central Delhi’s Connaught Place. The stretch can be divided into two halves.

The first half is a commercial stretch comprising mainly offices and some coaching centers. This stretch sees some activity even in the evening hours. This stretch was re-developed and transformed when the metro station was constructed. The second stretch towards Mandi House has few Embassies and residences and the reputed Modern School.

The stretch is active during the day till the school is operational but in the evening there is no activity here. Safety Audits indicate that the area around the Barakhamba Road metro station offers an average amount of safety to women at night. The Walkpath parameter has been rated Good. Lighting has been rated Above Average. The parameters of Openness, Public Transport, and Feeling have been rated Average. Visibility, Crowd, and Security parameters have been rated Below Average. Gender Usage has been rated, Poor. Since the area primarily has offices which close in the evening, few people are seen out of which very few are women.

In the bungalow zone and along Modern School there is no activity in the evening hours and the stretch is predominantly secluded. The activity is mostly around the metro station entry/exits.