The horrendous rape case in Delhi has not only shaken the confidence of working women in the National Capital Region but also in other major cities, an Assocham survey said.
Most respondents felt it was time the quality of governance was improved and the obsession of the police on “bandobast” for VVIPs be changed, the survey said.
“The majority of respondents, who are working in companies in Gurgaon, Noida, Delhi, Sonepat and Faridabad, said they have begun insisting on leaving offices on time, immediately after duty hours, following the atmosphere of insecurity,” it said.
“About 88 per cent of woman respondents said the anxiety is more among the guardians of those women who travel by chartered buses,” the survey said. These respondents said now they get more calls while at work from home — parents or husbands — after the incident, it added.
The chamber surveyed 2,500 women and men.
The survey also said if the confidence of workforce is shaken, the NCR would lose its eminent position among even investors.
