Is India really safe for women? At least after reading some harrowing experiences, we don’t feel so. We consider cab services like Uber very secure, isn’t it? However, a journalist named Ananya Bhattacharya has shared her horrific Uber experience on Twitter and it will give you shivers.
For Ananya, the Uber ride was no less than a nightmare. She booked the cab at 10.55 pm and was travelling alone; she added that her driver was heavily drunk and took her to a deserted road near Noida-Greater Noida Expressway. This is actually considered to be a very unsafe area; want to know the terrible experienceshe had?
Read her series of tweets below…
Had the most harrowing experience of my life. If you're a woman travelling alone in NCR, and trusting @Uber_India to get you home, read.
— Ananya Bhattacharya (@ananya116) July 11, 2017
“Had the most harrowing experience of my life. If you’re a woman travelling alone in NCR, and trusting @Uber_India to get you home, read.”
I get into an @Uber from a friend's place at 10.55pm. The car starts, driver asks where I had to go. The stench of alcohol and paan hits me.
— Ananya Bhattacharya (@ananya116) July 11, 2017
“I get into an @Uber from a friend’s place at 10.55pm. The car starts, driver asks where I had to go. The stench of alcohol and paan hits me.”
I tell him the location, ask him to follow navigation. On Noida-Greater Noida Expressway. We take the service lane. In 5 mins, car stops.
— Ananya Bhattacharya (@ananya116) July 11, 2017
“I tell him the location, ask him to follow navigation. On Noida-Greater Noida Expressway. We take the service lane. In 5 mins, car stops.”
I ask the driver what happened. He tells me car's run out of petrol. The stretch where he's stopped the car is dark and infamous for crimes.
— Ananya Bhattacharya (@ananya116) July 11, 2017
“I ask the driver what happened. He tells me car’s run out of petrol. The stretch where he’s stopped the car is dark and infamous for crimes.”
The driver calls up his 'brother' and asks him to go to a petrol pump and get petrol. Driver tells him he has an 'aurat' in the car.
— Ananya Bhattacharya (@ananya116) July 11, 2017
“The driver calls up his ‘brother’ and asks him to go to a petrol pump and get petrol. Driver tells him he has an ‘aurat’ in the car.”
At this point, I call up a friend and start working out options. Friend leaves from his place and tells me he's on way to pick me up.
— Ananya Bhattacharya (@ananya116) July 11, 2017
“At this point, I call up a friend and start working out options. Friend leaves from his place and tells me he’s on way to pick me up.”
The driver overhears me talking and asks if someone was coming to pick me up. I tell a curt yes. He locks the doors, switches on the light.
— Ananya Bhattacharya (@ananya116) July 11, 2017
“The driver overhears me talking and asks if someone was coming to pick me up. I tell a curt yes. He locks the doors, switches on the light.”
I snap at him, ask him to switch off the light. Meanwhile, he's made 5 more calls, to 2 different people (from what I could understand).
— Ananya Bhattacharya (@ananya116) July 11, 2017
“I snap at him, ask him to switch off the light. Meanwhile, he’s made 5 more calls, to 2 different people (from what I could understand).”
10 minutes pass, no sign of his 'brother' or the petrol. My friend arrives. I get off the car and ask the driver to end the trip. He doesn't
— Ananya Bhattacharya (@ananya116) July 11, 2017
“10 minutes pass, no sign of his ‘brother’ or the petrol. My friend arrives. I get off the car and ask the driver to end the trip. He doesn’t”
Driver gives both of us (friend and me) a death stare. I cancel the trip after asking him to end it falls on deaf ears.
— Ananya Bhattacharya (@ananya116) July 11, 2017
“Driver gives both of us (friend and me) a death stare. I cancel the trip after asking him to end it falls on deaf ears.”
Meanwhile, a @Uppolice patrol van passes the car. They don't stop to even check why a car is just standing in the middle of the road.
— Ananya Bhattacharya (@ananya116) July 11, 2017
“Meanwhile, a @Uppolice patrol van passes the car. They don’t stop to even check why a car is just standing in the middle of the road.”
I'm numb from the experience. Shudder to think what could have happened had my friend not reached there before the @Uber driver's friends.
— Ananya Bhattacharya (@ananya116) July 11, 2017
“I’m numb from the experience. Shudder to think what could have happened had my friend not reached there before the @Uber driver’s friends.”
Funniest part: After I cancel the trip, @Uber_India decided to charge ME for the entire trip.
— Ananya Bhattacharya (@ananya116) July 11, 2017
“Funniest part: After I cancel the trip, @Uber_India decided to charge ME for the entire trip.”
Update: 8 hours later, 2 bot mails from @Uber_India in response to complaints on app, saying they have 'resolved' the issue. NOTHING else. pic.twitter.com/44cCJQIb4C
— Ananya Bhattacharya (@ananya116) July 12, 2017
“Update: 8 hours later, 2 bot mails from @Uber_India in response to complaints on app, saying they have ‘resolved’ the issue. NOTHING else.”
Is incident questions the carelessness of cab companies. Isn’t it their duty to ensure safety of passengers, especially women? What if the driver would have done something to her? Who would be responsible?
Hope Uber takes action and maintains strict policies about safety and security of passengers.
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