NEW DELHI
HT found at least two dark spots on the lane providing access to the lane in question. “I was in the dance society and I would stay for classes until 6pm. During winter, it would often get dark by the time we would wrap up and leave so my mother stayed on call. Besides LSR College, students of the Delhi Institute of Heritage Management and Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing also use the aforementioned routes. The college has often spoken to police about increasing the presence here or functional street lights. All in vain.”
For students of Lady Shri Ram College, the evening commute from college to home often comes with a peril: traversing a 500-metre lane right opposite the back gate, which turns into a dark spot-filled route after sunset, leading to localities where most outstation students reside. HT took a walk with 21-year-old Fellah Fajar, a fourth year student, who resides in Amar Colony and walks to college every day. A 600-metre walk, comprising a short cut to access the back gate of the college, leaves her anxious on a daily basis. A 20-year-old student, who lives opposite the college and has to pass through the National Park, said that her mother stays on call almost every time she leaves late. The pink booth, an initiative of Delhi Police to deploy all women staffers, is located around 100 metres from the college’s main gate. Aanya Wig, 26, who graduated from LSR College in 2021, said, “This lane has been unsafe and anxiety-inducing since my days and many years before that.
Because they are really worried,” she said, wishing not to be identified, they always ask if I have reached home.
“The booth was constructed and about a year ago, but we have never seen anyone here except on Wednesday,” said Nancy Pathak, a faculty member at LSR College. Two women officers were present only on Wednesday.
