NEW DELHI: Women police personnel will be deployed inside all Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) ‘ladies special’ buses operating on government-identified routes, transport officials said on Wednesday.The decision was taken during a meeting chaired by Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) Taranjit Singh Sandhu. The meeting was attended by officials from the Delhi Police and the transport department, news agency PTI reported.Initially, these ladies’ special buses will operate on identified routes, primarily covering far-flung areas of Outer Delhi. The buses will be run entirely by women staff, officials informed.“The Delhi Police has been requested to deploy women police personnel on the ladies’ special buses plying on these routes, especially during morning and evening hours. Taking a highly serious view of women’s security, the LG issued strict directions to the authorities, categorically stating that women’s safety should not be compromised at any cost,” a transport department official said.The official added that the Delhi government is considering increasing the number of women’s special buses from the existing 30 to 50. “It is also being considered that half of these be university special buses,” he said.Officials also stated that another key decision taken at the meeting was to directly integrate panic button alerts installed in buses with the Delhi Police’s 112 PCR emergency response system.(With agency inputs)
