Lok Sabha Question No. 4117 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Security at Stations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4117 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2020

## SECURITY AT STATIONS

## 4117. SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Railways  is  preparing  an  integrated  security  plan  for selected  railway  stations  during  the  last  three  years  in  the  country including Uttar Pradesh;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (c)  the expenditure likely to be incurred on this project;
- (d) the names of the railway stations selected for implementation of the said plan during the last three years; and
- (e)  the  other  measures  taken  by  the  Railways  to  provide  foolproof security at the vulnerable stations?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PARTS  (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4117 BY SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 18.03.2020 REGARDING SECURITY AT STATIONS (a)&(b):  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. (c):  The sanctioned cost of ISS stands at ` 419.90 crore/(d):  Names of railway stations where ISS have been commissioned during the last three years are appended as Appendix-II. (e):  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 vendors/ reserved

Security Helpline,  prosecution of offenders (unauthorized hawkers, touts, trespassers, nuisance, entering ladies 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.

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APPENDIX-I REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PARTS  (a) AND  (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4117 BY SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 18.03.2020 REGARDING SECURITY AT STATIONS

(a)&(b): 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     |
|       4 | East Central Railway |      7 | Mughalsarai (Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Uttar Pradesh |
|       4 | East Central Railway |      7 | 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 a | Maharashtr     |
| Total Stations | Total Stations    | 202  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                |

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APPENDIX-II  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  4117  BY  SHRI  UPENDRA  SINGH  RAWAT  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 18.03.2020 REGARDING SECURITY AT STATIONS

- (d)  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 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |