Lok Sabha Question No. 4805 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-24
Subject: Budget for CCTV Cameras
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Krishna Pal Singh Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4805 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2021

## BUDGET FOR CCTV CAMERAS

† 4805. DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of railway stations where CCTV cameras have been installed as per the budgetary announcement;
- (b) the State-wise details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to use these cameras to prevent the  entry  of  unauthorised  persons  into  the  passenger  reservation centres of railways ticket area; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMERCE & INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) & (b) Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Cameras have been provided at 686 stations.  State wise details are appended.

- (c)  &  (d)  Online  monitoring  through  Close  Circuit  Television  (CCTV) cameras  is  done  at  Passenger  Reservation  centre  as  well  as  other areas of major railway stations. If any unlawful/suspicious activity is observed, immediate action is taken.  Presently prevention of entry of persons is not done by using CCTV monitoring.  However, surveillance on persons indulging in suspicious /objectionable activities is maintained and intervention is made as and when the need arises.

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APPENDIX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4805 BY DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 24.03.2021 REGARDING BUDGET FOR CCTV CAMERAS

(a)  &  (b)  Details  of  State-wise  Railway  Stations  equipped with CCTV are as follows:-

| S.N.   | State                    |   No of stations |
|--------|--------------------------|------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh/Telangana |               47 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh        |                0 |
| 3      | Assam                    |               14 |
| 4      | Bihar                    |               47 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh             |               13 |
| 6      | Delhi                    |               14 |
| 7      | Goa                      |                7 |
| 8      | Gujarat                  |               30 |
| 9      | Haryana                  |               13 |
| 10     | Himachal Pradesh         |                1 |
| 11     | Jammu & Kashmir          |               11 |
| 12     | Jharkhand                |               19 |
| 13     | Karnataka                |               30 |
| 14     | Kerala                   |               21 |
| 15     | Madhya Pradesh           |               29 |
| 16     | Maharashtra              |              156 |
| 17     | Manipur                  |                0 |
| 18     | Meghalaya                |                0 |
| 19     | Mizoram                  |                0 |
| 20     | Nagaland                 |                1 |
| 21     | Odisha                   |               16 |
| 22     | Puducherry               |                0 |
| 23     | Punjab                   |                7 |
| 24     | Rajasthan                |               31 |
| 25     | Tamil Nadu               |               35 |
| 26     | Tripura                  |                1 |
| 27     | UT Chandigarh            |                1 |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh            |               69 |
| 29     | Uttarakhand              |                6 |
| 30     | West Bengal              |               67 |
|        | Grand Total              |              686 |

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