Women safety: Delhi Govt to deploy marshals in city buses

May 24, 2015 13:09

In order to ensure security of women in public transport, Delhi Government has decided to deploy 2,500 marshals in buses plying in the city.

The government is currently providing training to personnel of Home Guard and Civil Defence as marshals to prevent and deter crime, especially against women passengers, in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and orange-colour cluster buses.

"As per our plan, 2,500 personnel of civil defence and home guards are now being trained as marshals in first phase. They will patrol in buses in groups. Each group will have 3-4 marshals. They will soon start patrolling buses," Transport Minister Gopal Rai said.

According to the government, the marshals will be given walkie-talkies so that they can contact each other.

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