The Government Railway Police (GRP) during the audit of railway stations on the Western Railway (WR) and Central Railway (CR) has pointed out to the Railways the need for more police stations and chowkies. The GRP will suggest the location of the infrastructure to the railways.
The WR has seven police stations to monitor 37 railway stations from Churchgate to Bordi while CR has 10 police stations to monitor 85 railway stations including the Harbour and Trans-Harbour lines.
Apart from the infrastructure for better policing, the GRP has mentioned important points for putting up fences and developing boundary walls along the tracks. Officers in the survey team have also noted points at which the Railways should provide better illumination lights for monitoring situations at railway platforms.
"Due to lack of chowkies and police stations, it becomes difficult to control any situation immediately. The need for better infrastructure in terms of increasing the number of police stations and chowkies will enable our policemen to enhance the response time and control any untoward incident," said a senior GRP officer.
"During the inspection of railway platforms, we also found that the lights of a few railway platforms were dim and CCTV cameras were unable to provide proper footage of the railway platforms. Few spots were in complete darkness which is a security issue, especially for women," said the officer.
The Deputy Commissioners of Police from Central Zone and West Zone will submit a detailed report on safety measures required and the need for infrastructure at railway stations. A senior officer on condition of anonymity said, "With the increase in commuters, maintaining law and order situation is a challenging task."
Niket Kaushik, Commissioner of Railway Police, said, "We will submit our findings to the Railways and a joint discussion will be held soon."
The WR has seven police stations to monitor 37 railway stations from Churchgate to Bordi while CR has 10 police stations to monitor 85 railway stations including the Harbour and Trans-Harbour lines.
Apart from the infrastructure for better policing, the GRP has mentioned important points for putting up fences and developing boundary walls along the tracks. Officers in the survey team have also noted points at which the Railways should provide better illumination lights for monitoring situations at railway platforms.
"Due to lack of chowkies and police stations, it becomes difficult to control any situation immediately. The need for better infrastructure in terms of increasing the number of police stations and chowkies will enable our policemen to enhance the response time and control any untoward incident," said a senior GRP officer.
"During the inspection of railway platforms, we also found that the lights of a few railway platforms were dim and CCTV cameras were unable to provide proper footage of the railway platforms. Few spots were in complete darkness which is a security issue, especially for women," said the officer.
The Deputy Commissioners of Police from Central Zone and West Zone will submit a detailed report on safety measures required and the need for infrastructure at railway stations. A senior officer on condition of anonymity said, "With the increase in commuters, maintaining law and order situation is a challenging task."
Niket Kaushik, Commissioner of Railway Police, said, "We will submit our findings to the Railways and a joint discussion will be held soon."