PATNA: East Central Railway (ECR) GM L C Trivedi inaugurated an internet protocol (IP) based video surveillance security control centre at the headquarters in Hajipur on Monday. It has been made functional at 13 more stations under the ECR with an aim to further strengthen security system. Railways has already made this system functional at most of the major stations, including Patna Junction.
Trivedi on Wednesday lauded the railways’ efforts to install such an advanced security surveillance system. “Railways centralized surveillance control centre will thus keep a watch on the security at foot overbridges, passenger reservation system (PRS) and ticket booking counters, waiting halls and circulating areas,” he said.
According to ECR chief public relations officer Rajesh Kumar, railways has introduced it at Danapur, Barh, Biharsharif, Mokama, Jhajha and Rajgir stations under Danapur division while Begusarai and Mansi under Sonepur division and Chopan, Chandrapura, Parasnath, Renukut and Singhrauli of Dhanbad division in coordination with Railtel.
The IP based security surveillance is functioning at 28 major stations across the country under the integrated security cover plan with sole objective to keep a close surveillance on the activities of antisocial people and miscreants involved in pilferage and luggage lifting on station premises, Kumar said.
The system will function round the clock and CCTV cameras have been placed at each vantage point on the station premises so that RPF men on duty could alert security personnel deployed on the station premises to check any mischief, including touts, he said, adding railways has planned to provide such system not only at 6049 stations across the country, but also in 14,387 coaches being manufactured by railways to strengthen internal security system in the years to come.
ECR AGM Ashok Kumar, principal chief engineer of signal and telecom Rajesh Kumar and other senior officials of the ECR were present at Hajipur on the occasion, Kumar said.