Paharganj: Difference between revisions

The area is popular with low-budget travellers for the cheap lodgings,<ref name=cctvht/> however, Paharganj has a poor record regarding [[Violence against women|safety for women]], both domestic and international tourists, with Indian authorities encouraging tourists to refrain from the area, since it is an epicenter of the city's [[drug crime]], [[sexual assault]]s and [[sex trade]]. Instead, the more modern [[South Delhi]], particularly the neighbourhood of [[Hauz Khas]] within South Delhi,<ref name="auto7">{{cite web |url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/south-asia-institute/publications/working-papers/file108721.pdf |title=Dynamics of social change in South Delhi's Hauz Khas Village |last=Benroider |first= Lucie|year=2015 |website= soas.ac.uk|access-date=15 August 2020}}</ref> is now becoming the main center for backpackers.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Backpacker-haven-Paharganj-losing-out-to-safer-hip-hostels-in-south-Delhi/articleshow/48710074.cms|title=Backpacker haven Paharganj losing out to safer, hip hostels in south Delhi|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/251706/paharganj-trap-haven-tourists.html|title=Paharganj: Trap or haven for tourists?|date=23 May 2012|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref> The proliferation of illegal bars and illegal activities like drug peddling,<ref name="auto5">''Drug danger and social behaviour: new challenges'', by Bhim Sain. Sharada Prakashan, 1988. {{ISBN|81-85320-00-4}}. p. ''138''.</ref> Paharganj has also become a hotspot for crime, and a criminal hideout.<ref name="auto6">{{cite news |title=Scare after blast: Cartridges found near Paharganj hotel|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-14/delhi/30154000_1_cartridges-paharganj-hotel-bomb-blast |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021043450/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-14/delhi/30154000_1_cartridges-paharganj-hotel-bomb-blast |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 October 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]]|date=14 September 2011 }}</ref> Many hotels and lodging in Paharganj are engaged in sex trade, gambling and other illicit activity, resulting in death of tourists.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Paharganj-A-den-of-vice/articleshow/575987.cms|title=Paharganj: A den of vice?|website=The Times of India}}</ref> The area is also known for engaging in [[sex trade]] with minor girls with large number of sex parlours and brothels involved with it.<ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/four-minor-sex-workers-rescued-from-paharganj-hotel-in-raid-756385|title=Four minor sex workers rescued from Paharganj hotel in raid|first=Tribune News|last=Service|website=Tribuneindia News Service}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/419461/move-over-gb-road-massage.html|title=Move over GB Road, massage parlours are a new favourite|date=13 July 2014|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref>

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