RK Ashram Marg
SAFETY SCORE: 4.2/5
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 an architect from NDMC along with Safetipin team. The assessment was done post sunset till 9 pm.
RK Ashram Marg is an overhead metro station on Delhi Metro’s Blue line. It is named after Ramakrishna Mission’s spiritual center situated on Panchkuian Road. The area is known for two major markets namely Paharganj Market and furniture market along Panchkuian Marg. On the southern side of the metro station i.e. along RK Ashram Marg, there are government housing societies.
An area of approximately 500m radius around the metro station has been studied and 70 audit pins have been generated. The area outside the metro entry/exit and the bus stop were studied.
Safety Audits indicate that the area around the metro station is safe. Safety score was found to be good throughout the audit area. Lighting parameter has been rated Good i.e. the highest followed by Walkpath and Public Transport (Above Average). The parameter of Security has been rated Below Average.
Visibility has been rated Average owing to popular commercial market surrounding the metro station. The parameter of People and Gender have been rated Average and Below Average respectively. Overall, auditors have rated the Feeling in this area as Average.