new delhi darkness still lurks at the bus stand in south delhis munirka locality with women battling lewd remarks and stares demonstrating that little has changed in the seven years since a young intern who came to be known as nirbhaya boarded a bus for a ride that was to be her last on tuesday a delhi court announced that the four men convicted in her gangrape and murder will be hanged on january 22 at 7 am putting the spotlight back on the bus stand where the shadows are deep and darkwomen who are regular commuters say the bus stop turns into an unauthorised parking area after 9 pm and they have to face unwelcome comments and leering men almost everyday a 24yearold woman who did not wish to be named said the security measures promised by authorities after the gangrape and murder are yet to see the light of daythere was talk about installing cctv cameras at the bus stop and gps devices in buses but this bus stop is still a haunted place she said i travel across delhi for work but i live in munirka village my parents are not as concerned when i go to other places as they are when i come here somebody has to pick me up as soon as i deboard here she added the physiotherapy intern known the world over as nirbhaya the fearless one was only a year younger when she boarded a bus from the exact spot on the night of december 16 2012 with a friend the 23yearold was brutalised and gangraped by six persons including a minor before being thrown out on the road her injuries so severe that she died a fortnight later in a singapore hospital her friend was also assaulted more than seven years later rani kumari 27 who works as a beautician in green park said the bus stop turns into an unauthorised parking spot after 9 pm every day and it is a challenge to avoid creepy men who gather here after i leave work i take a bus till munirka when i get down at the bus stop many autos are parked here it is very difficult to avoid the stares of auto drivers she said the worst part is that they refuse to drop you home saying they are done for the day however they are never too tired to pass lewd comments or follow you when you walk back home she added meena 35 shared similar concerns the government says we can complain if an auto driver refuses us a ride at night one day i forcibly sat in the only auto that i found at the bus stop i told the driver that he could not say no to dropping me or i would lodge a complaint he said his auto didnt have enough cng i knew he was lying but i had no option but to get down and walk in the dark she said the