and not a soul to be seen and traffic moves at a high speed too as the road is new and very wide after that one drive i have never taken it again because i dont want to be stranded there with no help says parath shankar a resident of gurgaonbijwasan old gurgaon roadthis road which leads to najafgarh forms the only access to palam vihar township from delhi with farmhouses on both sides and very little traffic at night it can make even the bravest women insecure to top that it passes through the delhiharyana border it has been my experience that people of kapashera and nearby villages dont take very well to women daring out be out alone at night i stay in palam vihar which is a safe colony but have had some terrible experiences with young boys on bikes probably as old as my sons who have chased my car and passed lewd remarks says seema ahmed an activist who works for an ngo she adds that hardly ever has she spotted a pcr van anywhere on the road the bad state of the road makes it even more unsafe after the monsoons even in an emergency speeding on the road would mean inflicting permanent damage to ones car says seemanorth campus near hindu rao hospitalif you have lived in the du hostels it is unlikely that you would have not heard the horror tales attached to this road passing through the northern ridge near the delhi university from stories of molestation and even carjacking seniors in the univeristy have recounted experiences of others to dissuade students from taking it at nightwe were returning from cp in an auto at night and the driver decided to take us through the ridge route we were almost trembling all i did was to keep chanting the gayatri mantra and prayed that we reached safelythe road is very lonely and one can hear all sorts of noises of insects from the forests says nitika parekh a first year student at duupper shankar roadmy car had a flat tyre on shankar road and i really didnt know what to do i called my father to rescue me but the 20 minutes that he took to reach me from patel nagar has been the worst experience of my life i sat in the car doors locked and windows rolled up but the sounds of cars whizzing past and strange people staring at me was just way too scary recounts ishita mishra a journalist the eightlaned road with no habitation on either side is well lit however there is no police presence on the stretch and traffic moves so fast that women commuters feel unsafe while driving through the roadpayal cinema narainawith the pvr commercial complex located close by this road is frequented by young boys many of whom drive after drinking for women living in naraina vihar or the nearby maya enclave the main road forms the only major access