India, Sept. 25 -- A Delhi Police audit has revealed that most parks across the Capital lack CCTV surveillance and struggle with insufficient lighting, even though hundreds visit these green spaces daily.

Police said they audited around 1,500 parks, including 300 prominent and larger ones, on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The inspection was launched following the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old girl at southeast Delhi's Aastha Kunj park on Monday evening.

According to the audit report, parks were inspected against 11 parameters: name, area measurement, maintenance agency, previously reported crimes, timings, average daily visitors, number of gates, security guards, lighting, CCTV camera surveillance, dark spots, and condition of the bounda...