PUNE: Deployment of additional railway police force in certain sections, security helpline numbers, CCTVs are part of the efforts to increase safety of women passengers travelling by train, said minister of railways and commerce and industry Piyush Goyal in a written reply to a question raised in the Rajya Sabha regarding women passengers safety in railways.
The deployment of Railway Police Force (RPF) guard including women personnel in ladies coaches is decided based on vulnerability of the concerned train/sections, timing, location of the area, threat perception of the hinterland, analysis of past crime data among others. Therefore, the deployment is dynamic and keeps on changing from time to time, he further added.
In order to increase representation of women in RPF to the level of 10%, 4517 out of 9739 vacancies were notified for women in 2018. In this recruitment, 4376 women RPF personnel have been empanelled, he added in the reply.
Policing on railways being a state subject, prevention of crime, registration of cases, their investigation and maintenance of law and order in railway premises as well as on running trains are the statutory responsibility of the state governments which is to be discharged by government railway police (GRP)/district police.
On women's security, the ministry has issued data stating that on vulnerable and identified routes/sections, 2200 trains (on an average) are escorted by Railway Protection Force.
The security helpline number 182 has been made operational for security related assistance to passengers in distress while drives are conducted against entry of male passengers into compartments reserved for women passengers and persons apprehended are prosecuted under section 162 of The Railways Act, 1989.
According to data provided by the ministry, during the years 2018 and 2019, a total of 1,39,422 and 1,141,70 male passengers respectively have been prosecuted for unauthorized entry/travel in compartments reserved for women passengers.
An integrated security system (ISS) consisting of surveillance of vulnerable stations through close circuit television camera network, access control etc. has been sanctioned to improve surveillance mechanism over 202 railway stations. Fixed CCTV cameras have been provided in 2019 coaches (upto November’2019) and 511 railway stations (upto December’2019) for enhancing security of passengers.
Emergency talk back system and closed circuit television surveillance cameras have also been provided in ladies compartments/coaches of all newly manufactured electrical multiple unit (EMU) and air conditioned rakes of Kolkata Metro stated the data.
With a view to further fortify the security system, in addition to CCTV cameras and emergency talk back system, flasher lights have also been provided in ladies coaches in EMU rakes in South Eastern Railway. When the alarm chain of the coach is pulled, these lights will start blinking and buzzer will start sounding till resetting of the alarm chain are the other measures taken, stated the data.
The deployment of Railway Police Force (RPF) guard including women personnel in ladies coaches is decided based on vulnerability of the concerned train/sections, timing, location of the area, threat perception of the hinterland, analysis of past crime data among others. Therefore, the deployment is dynamic and keeps on changing from time to time, he further added.
In order to increase representation of women in RPF to the level of 10%, 4517 out of 9739 vacancies were notified for women in 2018. In this recruitment, 4376 women RPF personnel have been empanelled, he added in the reply.
Policing on railways being a state subject, prevention of crime, registration of cases, their investigation and maintenance of law and order in railway premises as well as on running trains are the statutory responsibility of the state governments which is to be discharged by government railway police (GRP)/district police.
On women's security, the ministry has issued data stating that on vulnerable and identified routes/sections, 2200 trains (on an average) are escorted by Railway Protection Force.
The security helpline number 182 has been made operational for security related assistance to passengers in distress while drives are conducted against entry of male passengers into compartments reserved for women passengers and persons apprehended are prosecuted under section 162 of The Railways Act, 1989.
According to data provided by the ministry, during the years 2018 and 2019, a total of 1,39,422 and 1,141,70 male passengers respectively have been prosecuted for unauthorized entry/travel in compartments reserved for women passengers.
An integrated security system (ISS) consisting of surveillance of vulnerable stations through close circuit television camera network, access control etc. has been sanctioned to improve surveillance mechanism over 202 railway stations. Fixed CCTV cameras have been provided in 2019 coaches (upto November’2019) and 511 railway stations (upto December’2019) for enhancing security of passengers.
Emergency talk back system and closed circuit television surveillance cameras have also been provided in ladies compartments/coaches of all newly manufactured electrical multiple unit (EMU) and air conditioned rakes of Kolkata Metro stated the data.
With a view to further fortify the security system, in addition to CCTV cameras and emergency talk back system, flasher lights have also been provided in ladies coaches in EMU rakes in South Eastern Railway. When the alarm chain of the coach is pulled, these lights will start blinking and buzzer will start sounding till resetting of the alarm chain are the other measures taken, stated the data.
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