News: Women don’t feel safe at some MRTS stations Last month, in broad daylight, at the Kotturpuram MRTS station, an unidentified man snatched the gold chain of a 24-year old woman after throwing chilli powder on her face. The incident, which left the victim, Dipa Kumar, in a state of shock, underlined the lack of safety that most women who use the MRTS experience every day. There are a total of 17 MRTS stations in the city and most of them have a lot of unused space which is either used as an open toilet by local residents or filled with garbage. An officer of the RPF said, despite a shortage of manpower, the crime rate in MRTS stations had actually come down. In 2011, a total of nine cases of theft were reported. In 2012, however, this dropped to six and in 2013, till date, a total of three have been reported. “We have closed multiple entrances in half the stations as it is difficult to monitor all the entrances with limited staff.” Police officers say instances of chain snatching have been recorded in Taramani, Thiruvanmiyur and Kotturpuram in the past one year.“If we are on one platform, there is not much we can do about incidents occurring on the other platform.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 04:50:44 +0000
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