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Crime in Ghaziabad
Gzb shamed: Crimes against women rise
Rape, Molestation Cases Almost Routine
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
The Times of India 2013/07/27
Ghaziabad: Acid attacks in Ghaziabad sadly represent only a fraction of the crimes against women. Rapes, molestation and harassment have almost become routine. Even though police say they’re doing their best to prevent such incidents, the frequency of crimes against women speaks for themselves.
According to senior cops, a rape takes place every week in the city and many go unreported. While cases of ‘molestation’ are common, chain snatchers exclusively target women. “The situation is so bad that one fears getting out of the house after it gets dark. The police is barely helpful, and in some cases, they are at fault,” said Renu Sharma, a Delhi University student who lives in Indirapuram.
In Vijaynagar alone, where Friday’s acid attack took place, five girls have been raped in the past 20 days. On July 23, a 6-year-old girl was assaulted by a constable’s teenager son. On July 20, a 16-year-old girl was gang raped after allegedly being sexually assaulted by a constable. Three more incidents of rape, all involving 6-year-old girls were reported in the last week.
Police, however, say that they have been unable to provide the required services due to a shortage in their force. In Ghaziabad, there are only 3,700 policemen to protect a population of 46 lakh. In the adjoining Gautam Budh Nagar district, the strength of police force is a mere 1,500.
UNSAFE IN NCR (factsheet)
SEXUAL ASSAULTS IN VIJAYNAGAR, GHAZIABAD in July 2103
Jul 23, 2013 | 6-year-old girl sexually assaulted by the 14-year-old son of a Delhi Police constable
Jul 20 | 16-year-old gang raped by three men; her friend claims a police constable molested her in two separate incidents in the same day
ATTACKS ON WOMEN IN GHAZIABAD
2013
Jun 6, 2013 | 15-year-old girl from Delhi gang-raped and filmed in the nude by two men
Mar 2 | Delhi-based BCom student abducted from near a mall in Indirapuram and gang raped in Masuri by three men
Mar 4 | Tutor raped by one of her former students in Kavi Nagar
Jan 17 | 18-year-old nabbed from Sahibabad for allegedly raping and having unnatural sex with 8-year-old girl
2012
Nov 2012 | Two pre-nursery girls molested by caretaker of a leading public school in Indirapuram
Sept | 6-year-old girl sexually abused by the driver and conductor of a bus attached with a leading school in Vasundhara
May 4 | 21-year-old engineering student gang raped inside parking lot of Mahagun Metro mall in Indirapuram
May 7 | 40-year-old woman gang raped in Shalimar Garden, Sahibabad,
Pollution: air
Ghaziabad raises a stink
Neha Lalchandani | TNN
Its proximity to the Capital might have actually caused more damage to Ghaziabad than good. While it was busy dealing with its own pollution mess, a large part of Delhi’s unorganized small-scale waste recycling units shifted base there after Delhi government’s drive against defaulters. Result: Ghaziabad is not just one of the two most polluted cities in UP but also among the most polluted in India.
The city’s air pollution levels have violated most parameters. The biggest problem is particulate matter that is several times more than the desired level of 60 micrograms per cubic metre. The Sahibabad Industrial area and Bulandshahr Industrial areas recorded an average particulate matter levels of 243.2 microgram/cum and 239.1 microgram/cum respectively in 2009. Large-scale development work, Metro construction and heavy vehicular traffic have only worsened the situation.
Officials point out that rapid development in the city violated all land use norms with many residential complexes mushrooming around industrial areas. “The city spread really fast and industries that were earlier away from the main city have now become the centre of residential clusters. We are trying to now provide CNG or liquid gas to industries that are coal based,’’ said a UP pollution control board official.
The area is known for its dyeing plants, electroplating units, paper plants and waste and scrap plastic recycling sectors, many of which dump their waste just about anywhere they please. Officials say that about 300 such units have been shut down but since there are no records of the extent of activity, it is very difficult to crack down on them.
Ghaziabad’s Hindon river is now choking with the city’s filth. The city has two sewage treatment plants with a capacity of 129 million litres per day to treat its 160 mld sewage. Three STPs are being set up and another two have been proposed.
