Delhi How Safe????

desertrose

Khamaghani,
I am in delhi with friends in 2 nights for 2 days. How safe is it? after reading the paragaraph on front page of The times of India,"Delhi put on alert after terror tipoff".Please help me it is sooo important.
Thanks in advance.
Rathore

shashank.aggarwal

Its as safe as it gets...you need to understand that being Capital of a major democracy in the world it is put on Alert everytime something happens in the country, around the world, any threat is there, any festival is there..

So we are used to these things and life goes on normal even in critical alerts...I remember the red alert after the Attack on parliament in December 2001, it only impacted a certain part of Delhi and rest of the life moved on smoothly..

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Nick-H

And as dangerous as it gets... so far as it can be said of any big city these days?

But why not just ask your neighbours?

Oh! You did! You asked Shashank!

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Aishah

And I'm off in 2 days too! But I think we just get on with things in spite of these alerts, be sensible and hope for the best. Desertrose if you're there on Dec 8th come to IM Meet-up, Costa's Coffee House, Connaught Place from 5.30 p.m. onwards!!

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brownboy66

I'm a relatively recent Delhi resident - and I tend to find out more about the alerts on IM then I do out on the street! Aside from the occasional increase in guards in various places - you would hardly know there was a perceived threat increase somewhere in india. My theory is that most people here are just trying to survive the traffic - let alone anything else after that!

So yes - it appears fine outside (except for the nutty traffic)!

Nick-H

Fair enough... It's always good to see the site being a preferred source of information

Aishah

I saw the Alert on NDTV yesterday but didn't take too much notice of it. Just thought there will be more police around the airport and railway stations.. As bb says, surviving the traffic is bad enough!!

Dilliwala

Yeah, terrorists tend to strike when u least expect it, though. Not when there's a high alert.

New York, Madrid, London, Mumbai '03, Bangalore, Mumbai '05, Delhi, Varanasi, Hyderabad '07, Lucknow/Varanasi/Faizabad, Hyderabad '07......if it's not your turn, it's not your turn.

Freereedsqueezer

I just returned from Delhi 2 weeks ago and I have to tell you I felt completely safe there. I even got lost in back alleys in Old Delhi walking for a few hours and never had a single problem. Lots of police in the right places, metal detectors going into the subway, etc.
I wouldn't worry about it except for the traffic as others have said!

Lars

littlejackuk

Dear All,
I don't think there is a fear of a terrorist incident,
while the possibility is certainly there the probability is
quite remote!
Nevertheless, the REAL DANGER lies in the horrendous
traffic, at its peak the New Delhi buses would kill
some 1,000 pedestrians per year! Fortunately they are being phased out by the metro! Still, this is a homicide rate higher
than that in NYC! So put things in correcr perspective, New
Delhi is a safe city in terms of murder, assult, muggings, etc
but the real threats are on the roads and the air (air pollution)
should you extend your stay!

desertrose

Actually tomorrow is the anneversery of the Babri Masjid and we will be in delhi, well it was worrying me a lot because of the friends i am with, they are bit scared of the news and this evening we all read each post here and now they are feeling a lot comfortble and i have noticed sign of peace on their faces . Thanks a lot for all your messages, it helped me soo much,Aishah i wish i knew the Meeting of IMers before, i am leaving at 1.30 pm for home.
Thanks once again
Regards
Rathore

atala

I think alerts are a political thing, so that if something happened they can say, well we said so. But for the mass of people, for the many individuals, it is hardly dangerous even if something did happen. I have been in Colombo a lot when terrorist strikes were imminent. In a non-active war-zone you only realize that it is dangerous from the alerts, certainly not from what you experience out in the streets. So it comes down to a probability count. If a bus is a target when I happen to be on a bus, but there are ten thousand buses around, the probability that it hits me is still small. Much more so if time is added as a factor. Terrorism works with the fear factor, and requires a small attack once in a while to keep its credibility working.

shashank.aggarwal

Hmmm...we have anniversary of something almost few times month of not week...every episode of anything happening in India is marked in Delhi..

13 Dec is anniversary of attack on Parliament...I am sure the life will go on as it normally does..

desertrose

Khamaghani,
Thanks for your kind responses to my post,I am Now in Delhi it is very Safe. I have been in new and old delhi and no problem, good tight security!!!
Happy Travels.

Aishah

Yesterday travelling around Delhi - there is really no difference to any other time I have been here. In fact I was hardly aware that extra security is in place - just another normal day for everyone! With the same terrible traffic!