After Delhi, Mumbai is the most unsafe metro city - WOMEN

Acid thrown on woman alighting from a train! Woman stabbed while getting aboard Mumbai local! Photojournalist gang raped while on assignment! Mumbai watches as two women get slapped and kicked in public!

Unfortunately, these headlines are now a daily affair, which we are going Hindustan Times cover story today, you know that we live in a city with potential for many more such tragedies. There is enough cause for worry. But there are also other stories that need to be told. Stabbings, assaults and rapes to be prevented before they occur. I want to focus on this today. 

through. Thankfully these stories are now getting their due attention on media. If you caught

In an attempt to change the world, now often being labelled, ‘unsafe’ places in Mumbai to safe spaces, creating a crowd sourced public safety map of the city, which points out what areas people think are particularly unsafe in Mumbai, why and when they are unsafe and what could be possible solutions to make them safer.

Many people have been doing there bit like simple survey that every Mumbaikar can fill and share information. This information will be collected from all over Mumbai and then analysed, studied and results shared with the citizens and authorities. They have also initiated a petition urging the Chief Minister to take the results of this survey seriously and hear the citizens’ voices. With survey hitting 425 responses and the petition officially crossing 500 signatures in the first one week, they hopes to collect this important information soon, analyse it and present it to the authorities to demand change. "Due to the recent spate of crime against women, the national capital has gained notoriety with 84 per cent women claiming it to be the most unsafe metro," the solo women traveller survey 2013 conducted by travel portal TripAdvisor, said. It also brought to light the disturbing fact that 94 per cent of female respondents worry about their safety, always or at least sometimes, when they travel alone in India but not when they travel to international destinations.

I like to think Mumbai is a relatively safe city but yes, there have been moments when I have felt very unsafe. I feel particularly unsafe while walking in dimly lit and deserted roads, bridges as well as in empty railway stations.If you believe we can do better than disrespecting our women, then please, read and share unabashedly with friends and family, so that together we can be the change we want to see. I am already doing my bit to spread the message to the word. I hope you will too Mumbai!