Home guards deployed in DTC night service buses

NEW DELHI: In the backdrop of gangrape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus, Delhi government today began deploying home guards in 89 Delhi Transport Corporation ( DTC) night service buses.

These 89 buses will cover almost all parts of the city and run between 11 pm and 5am.

The deployment started at a function attended by Transport Minister Ramakant Goswami.

"All the 89 buses, each having a home guard on board, started operation from tonight," a senior transport department official said.

The decision came a day after Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in a meeting with Goswami and other officials decided to deploy home guards and to increase the services of night buses from existing 42 to 89.

The decision was a part of Delhi government's measures to enchance security of women in buses.

DTC operates a fleet of around 6,000 buses.