Citizens urged to give helping hand
Although Delhi is rated as one of the most unsafe cities, more disappointing is the attitude of people who often turn away or shrug off mishaps they witness. After the indifferent behaviour of passersby when Radhika Tanwar was allegedly shot down in broad daylight, chief minister Sheila Dikshit recently made an appeal to people to play a “responsible role” in ensuring the safety of their fellow citizens and not to remain mute spectators. And Delhiites couldn’t agree more.
Pahul Singh (name changed), who works in a corporate firm says, “Recently, I saw four men harassing a pregnant women near the bus stop. Ignorant Delhiites standing near the stop did not even bother to help. I asked these guys to back off, but when they did not listen, I slapped them. I just feel that what happened with Radhika, can happen to anyone. As citizens, we have certain responsibilities, which we must fulfil. We cannot create harmony just by turning a blind eye towards such incidents.”
In a recent incident Gunjan Kapur’s car broke down at Chirag Delhi and nobody helped her. “Instead of helping me, people started honking and passing insensitive comments as I tried to push and maneuver my car to the side of the road. Although it might be a trivial issue, I was appalled by the way people remained oblivious to my situation,” she says.
And according to surveys and reports it’s proven that Delhiites do not react sharply to incidents of molestation and eve-teasing like Mumbaikars. Shivani Malik sums up, “I remember an incident, when I was travelling by bus and suddenly a girl started shouting at a guy who was molesting her. Although the bus was packed with people, no one raised a voice against the incident.”
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