Lok Sabha Question No. 53 (STARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Security System at Sensitive Stations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: AJAY NISHAD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 53 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## SECURITY SYSTEM AT SENSITIVE STATIONS

†*53.     SHRI AJAY NISHAD:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) whether  several  railway  stations  across  the  country  have been identified as sensitive stations; (b) if so, the details thereof, division-wise; (c) whether any Committee has been set up to study the security system of these sensitive stations and for their upgradation and if so, the details thereof; (d) whether any report has been presented by the Committee in this regard; and (e) if so, the details thereof and whether any measures have been taken for the time bound implementation of the scheme regarding security  system  as  per  the  report  and  if  so,  the  details  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI SURESH PRABHAKAR PRABHU)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 53 BY SHRI AJAY NISHAD TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 27.04.2016 REGARDING SECURITY SYSTEM AT SENSITIVE STATIONS

(a) :  Yes, Madam. 202 railway stations have been identified as sensitive for  the  purpose  of  installation  of  an  Integrated  Security  System  (ISS) over Indian Railways.

(b) : Division-wise position is Appended.

(c) &(d):  A  seven  member  expert  committee  was  constituted  by  the Ministry  of  Railways  in  2008  to  formulate  an  Integrated  Security System to strengthen  surveillance mechanism at identified sensitive stations.  Based  on  the  report  of  the  Expert  Committee  and  further deliberations, ISS has been conceptualized as comprising of following components which together  provide  multiple  checking  of  passengers and  its  baggage  from  the  point  of  entry  in  the  station  premises  till boarding of train-

-  Internet protocol based close circuit television (CCTV) camera
-  Access control
-  Personal and baggage screening system
-  Bomb Detection and Disposal System

(e):  CCTV  cameras  have  already  been  installed  over  89  railway stations under ISS.  Besides above, 27 under-vehicle scanning system and  114  baggage  scanners  have  also  been  provided  at  nominated stations  under  ISS.  Close  monitoring  is  being  done  and  all  the  zonal railways  have  been  advised  to  ensure  early  implementation  of  the Integrated Security System at identified sensitive stations.

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APPENDIX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  STARRED QUESTION NO.53 BY  SHRI  AJAY  NISHAD  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK SABHA ON 27.04.2016 REGARDING SECURITY SYSTEM AT SENSITIVE STATIONS

|   S. No. | Zone                         | Division    | Name of Stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|----------|------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Central Railway Mumbai Area  | Bhusawal    | Bhusawal, Nasik Road, Manmad, Chalisgaon, Jalgaon, Akola, Murtajapur, Badnera                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|        1 | Central Railway Mumbai Area  | Nagpur      | Nagpur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|        1 | Central Railway Mumbai Area  | Pune        | Pune, Miraj                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|        1 | Central Railway Mumbai Area  | Mumbai      | Chatrapati Shivaji Terminal (Main line & Suburban), Dadar, Kurla, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Thane & Kalyan                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|        2 | Eastern Railway Kolkata Area | Howrah      | Bardhaman, Howrah.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|        2 | Eastern Railway Kolkata Area | Sealdah     | Sealdah, Kolkata(T), Bidhannagar, Majherhat, Ballygunge, Dum Dum                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|        2 | Eastern Railway Kolkata Area | Asansol     | Asansol, Durgapur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|        2 | Eastern Railway Kolkata Area | Malda       | Malda                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|        3 | Kolkata Metro                |             | 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 (Previously Pranab Nagar) New Garia. |
|        4 | East Central Railway         | Dhanbad     | Dhanbad                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|        4 | East Central Railway         | Mughalsarai | Mughalsarai                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|        4 | East Central Railway         | Danapur     | Patna Jn., Rajendra Nagar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|        4 | East Central Railway         | Sonpur      | Muzzafar Pur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|        4 | East Central Railway         | Samastipur  | Samastipur, Raxaul                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|        5 | East Coast Railway           | Khurda Road | Puri, Cuttack, Bhubaneshwar,.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|        5 | East Coast Railway           | Waltair     | Visakapatnam                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|        6 | Northern Railway             | Delhi       | New Delhi, Delhi Main, H.Nizamuddin, Shahdara, Tilak Bridge, Sarai Rohilla, Delhi Cantt, Shivazi Bridge, Anand Vihar, Ghaziabad.                                                                                                                                                                                  |

|     |                    | Lucknow      | Lucknow, Varanasi, Faizabad, Ayodhya                          | Lucknow, Varanasi, Faizabad, Ayodhya                                    | Lucknow, Varanasi, Faizabad, Ayodhya                                    |
|-----|--------------------|--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|     |                    | Firozpur     | Srinagar, Jammutawi, Jalandhar, Brijbehra, Panjgam,           | Badgam, Anantnag, Udhampur, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Chakkibank, Awantipura, | Badgam, Anantnag, Udhampur, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Chakkibank, Awantipura, |
|     |                    |              | Kakapore, Pampore, Rajwansher                                 | Kakapore, Pampore, Rajwansher                                           | Kakapore, Pampore, Rajwansher                                           |
|     |                    | Ambala       | Ambala, Saharanpur, Chandigarh, Patiala                       | Kalka,                                                                  | Bathinda,                                                               |
|     |                    | Moradabad    | Bareilly, Moradabad, Haridwar                                 | Bareilly, Moradabad, Haridwar                                           | Bareilly, Moradabad, Haridwar                                           |
| 7   | North Central      | Agra         | Agra, Mathura                                                 |                                                                         |                                                                         |
|     | Railway            | Jhansi       | Jhansi                                                        |                                                                         |                                                                         |
|     |                    | Allahabad    | Kanpur, Allahabad                                             |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| 8   | North              | Lucknow      | Lucknow, Gorakhpur                                            |                                                                         |                                                                         |
|     | Eastern Railway    | Banaras      | Chapra                                                        |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| 9   | Northeast Frontier | Lumding      | Guwahati, Dimapur, Maibong                                    | Diphu,                                                                  | Lumding,                                                                |
|     | Railway            | Katihar      | Katihar, Kishanganj, Jalpaiguri                               | Siliguri,                                                               | New                                                                     |
|     |                    | Alipurduar   | Kokrajhar                                                     |                                                                         |                                                                         |
|     |                    | Tinsukia     | New Tinsukia, Simalguri, Jorhat Mariani, Furkating, Dibrugarh |                                                                         | Town,                                                                   |
| 10  | North              | Jaipur       | Jaipur                                                        |                                                                         |                                                                         |
|     | Western            | Ajmer        | Ajmer                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
|     | Railway            | Bikaner      | Bikaner                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |
|     |                    | Jodhpur      | Jodhpur                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| 11. | Southern           | Trivandrum   | Trivandrum, Ernakulam                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
|     | Railway            | Trichy       | Tiruchirapalli                                                |                                                                         |                                                                         |
|     |                    | Salem        | Coimbatore                                                    |                                                                         |                                                                         |
|     |                    | Madurai      | Madurai                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |
|     |                    | Palghat      | Calicut, Mangalore                                            |                                                                         |                                                                         |
|     |                    | Chennai      | Chennai Central, Chennai Mambalam, Tambaram, Tiruvallur       | Egmore, Basin                                                           | Beach, Bridge,                                                          |
| 12  | South              | Secunderabad | Secunderabad, Hyderabad                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |
|     | Central Railway    | Guntakal     | Tirupati                                                      |                                                                         |                                                                         |

| 13   | South Eastern Railway       | Kharagpur        | Kharagpur, Midnapur.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|------|-----------------------------|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 13   | South Eastern Railway       | Ranchi           | Ranchi, Muri                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 13   | South Eastern Railway       | Chakradharpur    | Tatanagar, Chakradharpur, Rourkela, Jharsuguda                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 13   | South Eastern Railway       | Adra             | Bokaro, Puruliya, Adra                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 14   | South East Central Railway  | Bilaspur Nagpur  | Bilaspur, Raipur Gondia                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 15   | South Western Railway       | Bangalore Mysore | Bangalore, Yaswantpur Mysore                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 16   | West Central Railway        | Bhopal           | Bhopal, Itarsi.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 17   | Western Railway Mumbai Area | Mumbai           | Surat, 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. |
|      |                             | Vadodra          | Vadodara, Godhra                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|      |                             | Ratlam           | Ujjain                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|      |                             | Ahmedabad        | Ahmedabad                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |

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