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Security at Stations

March 18, 2020 11:41 PM

Security at Stations

With a view to strengthen surveillance mechanism at sensitive railway stations, installation of an Integrated Security System (ISS) has been approved for 202 identified stations comprising of Close Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance system, access control, personal and baggage screening system and bomb detection system. CCTV cameras have already been provided over 139 railway stations under ISS. In addition, 169 baggage scanners, 69 under vehicle scanning system (UVSS) and 129 bomb detection items have also been provided under ISS. 368 dogs have also been deployed over different zonal railways for detection of explosives and tracking purposes. Names of railway stations identified for implementation of ISS are appended as Appendix-I.

The sanctioned cost of ISS stands at Rs. 419.90 crore/-.

Names of railway stations where ISS have been commissioned during the last three years are appended as Appendix-II.

Policing on Railways being a State subject, prevention of crime, registration of cases, their investigation and maintenance of law and order in Railways premises as well as on running trains are the statutory responsibility of the State Governments, which they discharge through Government Railway Police (GRP)/District Police. Cases of Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes are registered and investigated by the concerned GRP.

Security has been identified as one of the priority areas by Railways for strengthening and upgradation. Measures initiated by the Railways, through the Railway Protection Force (RPF), to strengthen security of passengers include escorting of about 2200 important Mail/Express trains daily (in addition to escorting of 2200 important Mail/Express trains by the Government Railway Police (GRP), surveillance through close circuit television (CCTV) cameras provided at about 522 railway stations and in 2136 coaches so far for enhancing security of passengers. Further, CCTV cameras at 6049 stations and 7020 coaches have been targeted to be provided by June, 2021, rendering assistance to passengers through 182 Security Helpline, prosecution of offenders (unauthorized vendors/ hawkers, touts, trespassers, nuisance, entering ladies reserved compartments, etc.) under relevant provisions of the Railways Act, etc.

To further augment security of passengers with due emphasis upon security of women passengers, Security Help Line number 182 is operational over Indian Railways for security related assistance to passengers in distress. Operationalisation of single Security App has also been envisaged to provide round the clock security related assistance to women passengers.

State Level Security Committee for Railways (SLSCR) have been constituted for all State/Union Territories (UTs) under the Chairmanship of respective Director General of Police/ Commissioner of States/ UTs for regular monitoring and review of security arrangement over Railways.

All out efforts are being made by the Railways, through the RPF, to provide security to passengers in coordination with GRPs of respective states, who are primarily responsible for registration of cases, their investigation and maintenance of law and order in railway premises as well as on running trains.

APPENDIX-I: Number of Railway Stations identified for implementation of ISS:-

S.No	Zone	Nos.	Name of Stations	State/UT
1	Central Railway	17	Bhusawal, Nasik Road, Manmad, Chalisgaon, Jalgaon, Akola, Murtajapur, Badnera, Nagpur, Pune, Miraj, Chatrapati Shivaji Terminal (Main line & Suburban), Dadar, Kurla, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Thane & Kalyan	Maharashtra
2	Eastern Railway	11	Malda, Bardhaman, Asansol, Durgapur, Sealdah, Kolkata(T), Bidhannagar, Majherhat, Ballygunge, Dum Dum, Howrah	West Bengal
3	Kolkata Metro	24	Dum Dum, Esplanade, Rabindra Sadan, Belgachia, Central, Chandni Chowk, Gitanjali, Grishpark, Jatindas Park, Kalighat, Kavi Nazrul, Kavi Subhash, Mahanayak Uttam Kumar, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Maidan, Mastarda Suryasen, Netaji, Netaji Bhavan, Noapara, Parkstreet, Rabindra Sarovar, Sahid Khudiram, Shyambazar, Sovabazar Sutanuti	West Bengal
4	East Central Railway	7	Dhanbad	Jharkhand
Mughalsarai (Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya)					Uttar Pradesh
Patna Jn., Rajendra Nagar, Muzzafar Pur, Samastipur, Raxaul.					Bihar
5	East Coast Railway	4	Puri, Cuttack, Bhubaneshwar, Visakapatnam.	Odisha
6	Northern Railway	38	Lucknow, Varanasi, Faizabad, Ayodhya, Saharanpur, Bareilly, Moradabad, Ghaziabad.	Uttar Pradesh
Srinagar, Badgam, Anantnag, Jammutawi, Udhampur, Brijbehra, Panjgam, Awantipura, Kakapore, Pampore, Rajwansher,					Jammu & Kashmir
Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Bathinda, Chakkibank					Punjab
Ambala, Kalka					Haryana
Chandigarh					Chandigarh
Haridwar					Uttarakhand
New Delhi, Delhi Main, H.Nizamuddin, Shahdara, Tilak Bridge, Sarai Rohilla, Delhi Cantt, Shivaji Bridge, Anand Vihar					Delhi
7	North Central Railway	5	Agra, Mathura, Jhansi, Kanpur, Prayagraj (Allahabad)	Uttar Pradesh
8	North Eastern Railway	3	Lucknow, Gorakhpur	Uttar Pradesh
Chhapra					Bihar
9	North Frontier Railway	16	Guwahati, Diphu,Lumding,Maibong, Kokrajhar, New Tinsukia, Simalguri, Jorhat Town, Mariani, Furkating, Dibrugarh	Assam
Dimapur					Nagaland
New Jalpaiguri,Siliguri					West Bengal
Katihar, Kishanganj					Bihar
10	North Western Railway	4	Jaipur, Ajmer, Bikaner, Jodhpur.	Rajasthan
11	Southern Railway	14	Trivandrum, Ernakulam, Coimbatore, Calicut	Kerala
Madurai, Tiruchirapalli, Chennai Central, Chennai Egmore, Beach, Mambalam, Tambaram, Basin Bridge, Tiruvallur					Tamil Nadu
Mangalore					Karnataka
12	South Central Railway	3	Secunderabad, Hyderabad,	Telangana
Tirupati.					Andhra Pradesh
13	South Eastern Railway	11	Kharagpur, Puruliya, Adra, Midnapur	West Bengal
Ranchi, Tatanagar, Chakradharpur, Jharsuguda, Bokaro, Muri,					Jharkhand
Rourkela					Odisha
14	South East Central Railway	3	Bilaspur, Raipur	Chhattisgarh
Gondia.					Maharashtra
15	South Western Railway	3	Bangalore, Yaswantpur, Mysore	Karnataka
16	West Central Railway	2	Bhopal, Itarsi	Madhya Pradesh
17	Western Railway	37	Surat, Vadodara, Godhra, Ahmedabad	Gujarat
Ujjain						Madhya Pradesh
Church Gate, Marine Drive, Charni Road, Grant Road, Mumbai Central, Mahalaxmi, Lower Parel, Elphinston Road, Dadar, Matunga Road, Mahim, Bandra Local, Bandra Terminus, Khar Road, Santa Cruz, Vile Parle, Andheri, Jogeshwari, Goregaon, Malad, Kandivali, Borivali, Dahisar, Miraroad, Bhayander, Nayagaon, Basairoad, Nalasupara, Virar, Palghar, Boisar, Dahanuroad						Maharashtra
Total Stations						202

APPENDIX-II: Names of Railway stations where ISS have been commissioned during the last three years:-

Year	Number of stations	Name of stations
2017-18	11	Agra Cantt, Allahabad, Jhansi, Kanpur Central, Mathura Jn, Chhapra Jn., Patna Jn., Rajendra Nagar(T), Raipur, Gondia, Samastipur Jn.
2018-19	20	Akola, Badnera, Murtizapur, Jalgaon, Manmad, Nagpur, Nasik Road, Bhusawal, Pune, Chalisgaon, Dhanbad, Asansol, Durgapur, Malda Town, Mughalsarai Jn., Muzaffarpur Jn., Bareilly, Haridwar, Moradabad, Rauxaul Jn.
2019-20	19	Anand Vihar Terminal, Budgam, Delhi Cantt., Delhi Jn., Delhi Sarai Rohilla, Sealdah, Kolkata Terminal, Bidhannagar Road, Ballygang Jn., Majherhat, Howrah, Ghaziabad, H. Nizamuddin, Diphu, Kamakhya, Rangiya Jn., New Delhi, Shivaji Bridge, Srinagar
Total	50

This press release is based on information given by the Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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