Safety is a state of being “safe”; it is the condition of being protected from harm. A hostel has always been regarded as a smaller, slightly cheaper alternative to a hotel, and a hostel is commonly used by students and working men or women. This study focuses on working women hostels in Hyderabad, India. This study is to re-emphasize the importance of maintenance and safety in hostels. In the last five years, several crimes have come to the notice of schools, hostels, and other areas of stay. With the intention of reducing crimes, one of the steps taken by the Cyberabad police Commissionerate is to enhance “safety” and “security”. This initiative took the form of a project called “Safe stay”. As a part of this initiative, a team of surveyors was appointed from DMS, GCET. They were provided with a checklist of items for audit. These items were regarded as “essential” for safety by Cyberabad Police. After a preliminary survey, the study was extended to studying the importance of maintenance of facilities mentioned in the checklist, in hostels to enhance or ensure safety. The current study focuses on the “MAINTENANCE’’ of facilities in women's hostels