In order to ensure safety of women in public transport, the AAP government has decided to hire 200 private security guards and deploy them as marshals in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses. DTC will float tenders in the next few days to choose a security agency and within one month, 200 private security guards will be deployed as marshals in the first phase. These security guards will be hired on a contractual basis and they will ensure safety of women inside the buses. Security guards will also undergo training programme so that they can prevent and deal with crime against women in the vehicles.
In its pre-poll assurance, the Aam Aadmi Party had promised to deploy marshals in buses to ensure safety of women in the national capital.
Did You Know?
- Kejriwal is a Mechanical Engineering graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, and worked for theIndian Revenue Service (IRS) as a Joint Commissioner in the Income Tax Department.
- In 2006, Kejriwal was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership recognising his involvement in a grassroots movement Parivartan using right-to-information legislation in a campaign against corruption.
- In 2012, he launched the Aam Aadmi Party, and he defeated Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election.
- On 14 February 2015, he was sworn in as Chief Minister for a second term after his party’s victory in the Assembly election.
