Picture this. A young woman enters the metro station’s security check point at Kashmere Gate, carrying a rucksack, and is airily waved off by the security guard who, after a quick glance at her, flips a page of her novel. This was months before the September 13 blasts.
After the blasts, security was supposedly strengthened. At the Dilshad garden metro station (post September 13 blasts) a number of security guards stand together while only a few of them search purses and bags. No body search is conducted on women. . Nearly 2 lakh people travel daily by metro and to physically check each one of them is an arduous task.
DMRC (Delhi Metro Rail Corporation) has now installed X-ray Baggage Inspection Systems at prominent stations including Kashmere Gate. However, the DMRC spokesman Anuj Dayal said that other Metro stations will also be equipped with similar machines in a phased manner. The public transport system is already under high alert. Why weren’t X-ray scanners installed much earlier and how long will it take for all the metro stations in Delhi to have a foolproof security system?
Sadly, for reasons unknown, the X-ray Baggage Inspection System, at the Kashmere Gate Metro Station remains unused. One can see the presence of sniffer dogs and increased personnel at the stations but the question of safety still remains at large.
Maasoom Dhillon
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3 comments:
congratulations Maasoom for posting this much awaited blog....Now we look like a complete family....lolz!!
i think practically speaking.. checking in Delhi at various places is an ardous task beacuse there is a great influx of people and labour from the surroundin places everyday , who come and go. using sophisticated technology can help a lot but miniscule problems like dust and seepage and creat havoc situations. reply...
Priyanka Mittal
we need to install high definition close circuit cameras and we need to have a centralized department dedicated only for monitoring entire Delhi.
its actually possible as London is now officially most closely monitored city in the world,with every square is now covered by cctvs.
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