HYDERABAD: In a bid to provide better security to women passengers, South Central Railway on Thursday launched “Operation Meri Saheli” for a focused action to ensure safety to women, especially those travelling alone.
SCR identified eight important trains plying over the jurisdiction and organised this campaign to increase safety awareness amongst women passengers.
“Security of the women passengers shall be given utmost priority. The strategy of this operation is to interact with lady passengers by a team of women Railway Protection Force (RPF), sub-inspectors/staff at the originating station.
During the specially organised campaigns, the women passengers will be briefed about all precautions to be taken during the journey and are advised to dial 182 in case of any emergency,” said SCR general manager Gajanan Mallya. As part of the campaign, the RPF team will collect the seat numbers of the women passengers and inform them about the stoppages en-route. The platform duty RPF personnel at the stopping stations en-route will keep unobtrusive watch over the concerned coaches and berths and if the need arises, the officials will interact with the passengers.
Onboard RPF/RPSF escort will also cover all the coaches/identified berths during their duty period.