Lok Sabha Question No. 1439 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-27
Subject: Destruction of Railway Property
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Aparajita Sarangi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1439 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2019

## DESTRUCTION OF RAILWAY PROPERTY

## 1439. SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)      the  loss  incurred  to  the  Indian Railways in the last three years on account of the destruction of its property and disruption of rail services on account of public disorder and the burning of trains etc.;
- (b)    the  number  of  cases  that  have  been  registered  on  account  of destruction of railway property; and
- (c)    the  States  that  have  witnessed  maximum  destruction  of  railway property  and  disruption  of  services  on  account  of  poor  law  and  order situation?

ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1439 BY SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 27.11.2019 REGARDING DESTRUCTION OF RAILWAY PROPERTY

- (a) : The amount of loss incurred to Indian Railways due to damage/loss of Railway property on account of sabotage and other unusual happenings due to law and order problems during the last three financial years, is as under:

| Year    |   Cost of damage/loss of Railway property ( ₹ in crore) |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| 2016-17 |                                                   34.16 |
| 2017-18 |                                                   22.61 |
| 2018-19 |                                                   48.56 |

The number of trains delayed due to law and order problems during the last three financial years, is as under:

| Year    |   No. of trains delayed on account of law and order |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 2016-17 |                                                2249 |
| 2017-18 |                                                2593 |
| 2018-19 |                                                9010 |

- (b)  and  (c)  :  Policing  on  Railways  being  a  State  subject,  prevention  of crime, registration of cases, their investigation and maintenance of law &  order  in  Railway  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. Railway Protection Force (RPF) supplements the efforts of GRP by deploying its staff. The number of cases registered on account of destruction of railway property during the years 2016, 2017 & 2018 are 20, 30 and 32 respectively. The States of Haryana, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and  West  Bengal  have  witnessed  maximum  cases  of  destruction  of railway  property  and  disruption  of  rail  services  due  to  law  and  order situation  during  the  last  three  years  i.e.  2016,  2017  &  2018.  However, West Bengal has not provided figures after August 2018.

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