Lok Sabha Question No. 475 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: Security at Railway Stations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: HARISH CHANDRA MEENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.475 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2018

## SECURITY AT RAILWAY STATIONS

*475.    SHRI HARISH MEENA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  poor  security  at  major railway stations in the country;
- (b)  if  so,  whether the Government proposes to have an integrated security  plan  for  selected  railway  stations  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (c) the expenditure likely to be incurred on this project;
- (d)  the names of the railway stations selected for implementation of the said plan; and
- (e) the other measures taken by the Railways to provide foolproof security at the vulnerable stations?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COAL (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (e):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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APPENDIX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  STARRED QUESTION NO.475 BY SHRI HARISH MEENA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 28.03.2018 REGARDING SECURITY AT RAILWAY STATIONS

## (d) NAMES OF RAILWAY STATIONS IDENTIFIED FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ISS ARE AS UNDER:

|   SL. No. | Zone                  | Name of Stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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|         1 | Central Railway       | 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.                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|         2 | Eastern Railway       | Malda, Bardhaman, Asansol, Durgapur, Sealdah, Kolkata(T), Bidhannagar, Majherhat, Ballygunge, Dum Dum, Howrah.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|         3 | Kolkata Metro Railway | Dum Dum Jn, Belgachia, Shyambazar, Sovabazar, Girish Park, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Central, Chandni Chowk, Esplanade, Park Street, Maidan, Rabindra Sadan, Netaji Bhawan, Jatindas Park, Kalighat, Rabindra Sarobar, Tollygunge, Kudghat, Bansdram, Naktala, Garia Bazar, Birji (Previous Pranab Nagar) New Garia.                                                                                                            |
|         4 | East Central Railway  | Dhanbad, Mughalsarai, Patna Jn., Rajendra Nagar, Muzzafar Pur, Samastipur, Raxaul.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|         5 | East Coast Railway    | Puri, Cuttack, Bhubaneshwar, Visakapatnam.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|         6 | Northern Railway      | Lucknow, Varanasi, Faizabad, Ayodhya, Srinagar, Badgam, Anantnag, Jammutawi, Udhampur, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Ambala, Saharanpur, Kalka, Bathinda, Chandigarh, Patiala, Bareilly, Moradabad, Haridwar, Chakkibank, Brijbehra, Panjgam, Awantipura, Kakapore, Pampore, Rajwansher, New Delhi, Delhi Main, H.Nizamuddin, Shahdara, Tilak Bridge, Sarai Rohilla, Delhi Cantt, Shivazi Bridge, Anand Vihar, Ghaziabad. |
|         7 | North Central Railway | Agra, Mathura, Jhansi, Kanpur, Allahabad.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

|   8 | North Eastern Railway      | Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Chapra.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|-----|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   9 | Northeast Frontier Railway | Guwahati, Dimapur, New Jalpaiguri, Diphu, Lumding, Maibong, Katihar, Kishanganj, Siliguri, Kokrajhar, New Tinsukia, Simalguri, Jorhat Town, Mariani, Furkating, Dibrugarh.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|  10 | North Western Railway      | Jaipur, Ajmer, Bikaner, Jodhpur.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|  11 | Southern Railway           | Trivandrum, Ernakulam, Coimbatore, Madurai, Calicut, Tiruchirapalli, Mangalore, Chennai Central, Chennai Egmore, Beach, Mambalam, Tambaram, Basin Bridge, Tiruvallur.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|  12 | South Central Railway      | Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Tirupati.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|  13 | South Eastern Railway      | Kharagpur, Ranchi, Tatanagar, Chakradharpur, Rourkela, Jharsuguda, Bokaro, Puruliya, Adra, Muri, Midnapur.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|  14 | South East Central Railway | Bilaspur, Raipur, Gondia.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|  15 | South Western Railway      | Bangalore, Yaswantpur, Mysore.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|  16 | West Central Railway       | Bhopal, Itarsi.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|  17 | Western Railway            | Surat, Vadodara, Godhra, Ahmedabad, Ujjain, 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. |

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  475  BY  SHRI  HARISH  MEENA  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 28.03.2018 REGARDING SECURITY AT RAILWAY STATIONS

(a) & (b): Prevention and detection of crime, registration of cases and maintenance  of  law  &  order  in  railway  stations  is  the  primary responsibility of States which is being discharged by them through the Government  Railway  Police  (GRP).  Ministry  of  Railways,  through  the Railway Protection Force (RPF), are supplementing efforts of States to strengthen  security at railway stations.    Coordination  has  been maintained  by  the  RPF  with  GRPs  of  respective  States  to  review security  at  railway  stations  and  initiate  measures  to  strengthen  the same, as and when required.

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  108  railway  stations  under  ISS.  In addition,  132  baggage  scanners,  35  under  vehicle  scanning  system (UVSS) and 86 bomb detection items have also been provided under ISS.  340  dogs  have  also  been  deployed  over  different  zonal  railways for detection of explosives and tracking purposes.

(c): The sanctioned cost of ISS stands at ₹ 419.90 crore.

(d): Names of railway stations identified for implementation of ISS are appended.

(e):  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  2500  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  394  railway  stations,  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 strengthen security at railway stations, 983 stations have already been  nominated  for  installation  of  CCTV  cameras.    It  is  further proposed to install CCTV Cameras to strengthen surveillance mechanism and to ensure safety and security of passengers at railway stations and trains over entire network of Indian Railways. It is further proposed  to  deploy  trained  manpower  on  hiring  basis,  under  overall supervision of Railway Protection Force, for round the clock monitoring  of  CCTV  feeds  through  control  rooms  to  render  security related assistance to passengers on real-time basis.

To  further  augment  security  of  passengers  with  due  emphasis  upon security  of  women  passengers,  upgradation  of  All  India  Security Helpline 182 has been envisaged at an approved cost of ₹ 5.59 crore. Operationalization of single Security App has also been envisaged to provide round the clock security related assistance to  women passengers.

State  Level  Security  Committees  for  Railways  (SLSCR)  have  been constituted for all States/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.

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