'Committed to light up dark spots around Metro stations'

NEW DELHI: After a Delhi resident's campaign highlighting women's safety issues around metro stations went viral, PWD Minister Satyendra Jain on Wednesday committed the government to light up the dark spots within a kilometre's radius of all metro stations.

City-based architect, Bhavya Singh had started the #LightUpDelhi petition on Change.org after she was harassed by a group of men in a dark spot right outside the Nehru Place metro station in March 2017.

In response to Bhavya's petition, the minister said that the Delhi government has always taken women's safety as top priority and will light up Delhi in a time-bound manner.

"I have taken note of Bhavya Singh's campaign regarding the dark spots around metro stations in Delhi. It is very unfortunate that she was made to feel threatened and unsafe near a metro station only because there was no light. I want to assure you that the issue of women's safety remains a top priority for our government," Jain said.