India, Oct. 2 -- Just 16 of the 736 parks managed by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) have CCTV cameras, a safety audit carried out after the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old girl at a south Delhi park has found, putting the security in the city's green spaces under scrutiny.

The audit, completed within a week of Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu's directions, classified 190 parks as high-risk, 258 as medium-risk and 288 as low-risk, the DDA said in a statement on Friday. It added that immediate interventions were being prioritised in high-risk parks.

On September 21, a 17-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped inside the 142-acre Aastha Kunj Park near Kalkaji Temple. The class 7 girl was visiting the park with a 17-year-o...