Lok Sabha Question No. 3416 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-09
Subject: CCTV Cameras in Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Jyotsna Charandas Mahant

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3416 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2023

## CCTV CAMERAS IN TRAINS

†3416. SHRIMATI JYOTSNA CHARANDAS MAHANT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  CCTV  camera  facility  has  been  provided  at  railway stations in view of the convenience of passengers in the country;
- (b) if so,  the  zone-wise  details  of  the  CCTV  cameras  installed including South East Central Railway;
- (c) whether there is any provision for continuity and monitoring of the above facility and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the number of stations under South-East-Central Railway in which this  facility  is  likely  to  be  installed  and  the  likely  time  for  its completion;
- (e) whether the CCTV cameras are to be installed in all the coaches of the trains under this scheme;
- (f) if  so,  the  number  of  trains  equipped  with  CCTV  cameras  at present; and
- (g) the  details  of  trains  yet  to  be  equipped  with  CCTV  cameras thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) to (g): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (g)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3416 BY SHRIMATI JYOTSNA CHARANDAS  MAHANT  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 09.08.2023 REGARDING CCTV CAMERA IN TRAINS

(a)  to  (d):  Zone  wise  detail  of  Closed  Circuit  Television  (CCTV) installed at various Railway stations is as under:-

| Status of CCTV system Zone-wise over Indian Railways   | Status of CCTV system Zone-wise over Indian Railways   |
|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| Zones                                                  | No of Stations                                         |
| CENTRAL RAILWAY                                        | 113                                                    |
| EAST COAST RAILWAY                                     | 19                                                     |
| EAST CENTRAL RAILWAY                                   | 58                                                     |
| EASTERN RAILWAY                                        | 27                                                     |
| KONKAN (KRCL)                                          | 67                                                     |
| METRO RAILWAY                                          | 33                                                     |
| NORTH CENTRAL RAILWAY                                  | 32                                                     |
| NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY                                  | 25                                                     |
| NORTHEAST FRONTIER RAILWAY                             | 41                                                     |
| NORTHERN RAILWAY                                       | 106                                                    |
| NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY                                  | 34                                                     |
| SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAY                                  | 58                                                     |
| SOUTH EAST CENTRAL RAILWAY                             | 26                                                     |
| SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY                                  | 53                                                     |
| SOUTHERN RAILWAY                                       | 58                                                     |
| SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY                                  | 25                                                     |
| WEST CENTRAL RAILWAY                                   | 26                                                     |
| WESTERN RAILWAY                                        | 65                                                     |
| Total                                                  | 866                                                    |

The  monitoring  of  the  CCTV  cameras  is  done  at  the  respective Railway Protection Force (RPF) posts.

(e) to (g): Provision of CCTV Cameras in all passenger coaches is an  ongoing  process.    Presently,  7264  passenger  coaches  have been provided with CCTV cameras.

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