How safe is Bangalore

Open your today’s news paper or open any of the news paper randomly. I bet there will be at least one case of extortion, abduction, theft, loot or murder. Now the question is, is Bangalore really a safe place to live.

There was a time when place like Koramangala was considered to be a most scary place. Not because of crime, but because of extreme jungle. The whole area was covered by trees forming it a dense jungle and a deserted road going towards Hosur that is still known as Hosur road. The major population was towards MG Road. It was that time only when it came into scanner of IT giants. It has been more liked because of its pleasant weather. As the city started growing, the area like Koramangala had been transformed to concrete jugnle from green forest. The city has suddenly picked the growth. It has really become a tough task to handle the people landing every day in the city. The expansion is going all around the city. IT giants like Intel, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Oracle has major infrastructure setup. Malls like Forum, Garuda has brighten the city. So far there has been 4-5 malls and many hyper markets are on its way. There has been significant progress in last 10 years. But as the city progress by, there also been progress in disturbing elements. Recently one of the BPO girl has been murdered by office cab driver. BPO’s have girls coming in night shift but they are bit careless in terms of their security. Yet another incident where home alone old couple have been robbed in day light. Plenty of incidents has happened in Outer ring road where a person driving his car have been stopped by mob and looted. Ofcourse if you compare the number of cases as compared to other city like Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi and Chennai, the number are comparatively less. But that doesn’t mean we should feel happy and proud. Crime is Crime and even a single crime put the city in crime list.

Government must take step to get rid of crime. Places like outer ring road should be kept under frequent patrolling, specially during night time. BPO’s have to be instructed to send office personal along with every Cab driver. Security in malls has to be increased. Whenever there is a bomb blast in other cities, security has been increased but as time goes by, security also goes away. This type of ignorance may lead to major casualities some day.