Reserving the first coach for ladies seems indigestible to Delhi men.
Late night women travellers face problem as the first coach “only for
ladies” converted into general compartment after 10.30 pm. When
requested to leave the coach the men brilliantly and confidently claimed
ladies coach as general coach after 10.30pm or 11.00p.m at night. The
first coach of Delhi Metro yellow line route (Jahangirpuri - Huda City
Center) last night, 30 November 2012, became a verbal battlefield
between women and men travellers when the male passengers refused to
move out of the ladies coach.
A frequent woman traveller said
to me “I often take the metro at this time from New Delhi station as I
return back from Dehradun and every time I confront the same situation.
The men refuse to move out of the coach and behave miserably and even
abuse. Most of the time CISF personnel come and just move them to the
other coach but are not fined. Every time male passenger is seen in the
women compartment should be fined there and then. Their behavior is
unbelievable.” After having a big verbal tussle with the male
passengers and informing the driver about the situation they were
dragged out of the women coach at the Central Secretariat by CISF.
