Corridors where women feel highly vulnerable include Rajiv Chowk-Kashmere Gate, Kashmere Gate-Dilshad Garden and Central Secretariat-Badarpur.
Hindustan Times spoke to a number of women commuters on these stretches and found that they do not feel safe while travelling by Metro during night hours. They demanded deployment of security guards in women coaches.
Metro caters to almost 17 lakh commuters every day of which over four lakh are women, according to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
Many women said they stop short of lodging police complaints, fearing embarrassment. Pallavi S, 28, of Greater Kailash II, a daily metro commuter on the line connecting Central Secretariat to Badarpur, said: “It is really very unsafe to travel by Metro during night when many men in drunken condition commute. They mostly stand at the intersection of ladies compartments and pass lewd comments.