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Safety Audits Assess 265 Bangalore Spaces in Vijayanagar, Govindrajanagar
B.PAC's Phase III reports assess 265 public spaces in two constituencies, building on work already completed in four others.
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Bangalore's B.SAFE Constituency initiative has now completed its third round of public space safety audits, covering Vijayanagar and Govindrajanagar assembly constituencies with assessments of 265 locations used daily by women and children.
The effort follows two prior rounds that examined sites in Mahadevapura, Malleshwaram, Hebbal and Dasarahalli. Each phase applies the same on-ground method to check infrastructure and security features in places such as parks, bus stops, health centres and Anganwadis. The newest reports were prepared after fieldwork carried out during 2024-25 and were presented to local officials and community groups.
How the program reached Phase III
B.PAC launched the constituency-level audits to move from broad city-wide goals to ward-specific checks. The first phase tested the approach in Mahadevapura and Malleshwaram. The second phase applied the same process in Hebbal and Dasarahalli. Phase III simply extended the same checklist to Vijayanagar and Govindrajanagar. Students and faculty from RNS College of Architecture carried out the site visits using a mobile app developed by CGI India. The company has supported the initiative as part of its community work since the start.
By repeating the audit format across successive sets of constituencies, the program has created a consistent record of conditions in 15 wards from the first two phases plus 20 wards from the second phase, now joined by the latest two constituencies. The reports are intended as working documents for local planning rather than one-off studies.
What the audits examined and what comes next
Auditors looked at lighting, visibility, maintenance and accessibility in each of the 265 spaces. The resulting reports list specific gaps and suggest targeted fixes that city agencies and elected representatives can act on. B.PAC has stated that the findings will feed into advocacy and future budget discussions for those constituencies.
Residents and ward committees can now request copies of the executive summaries through the B.PAC website. The next practical step is for local bodies to review the lists of recommended improvements and schedule repairs or new installations where needed. Continued audits in additional constituencies would follow the same pattern already used in the five phases completed so far.
Source: BPAC Times newsletter Vol 59, available at https://bpac.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Newsletter-BPAC-Times-Vol-59.pdf