MANDYA

                                                                 SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY

                                      Press Release No. 352  Dt. 16.01.2020

SWR FIRST ZONE TO COMPLETE PHASE-I OF VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM

In order to enhance security at Railway stations, major hubs of transportation, Indian Railways decided to provide CCTV system at stations, i.e., waiting halls, reservation counters, parking areas, main entrance/ exit, platforms, foot over bridges, booking  offices etc.

Railway Board has approved works for provision of Video Surveillance System (VSS) covering 983 stations over Indian Railways (31 stations o­n SWR) under Nirbhaya funds. This year a budget of Rs.250 Cr. has been allotted for this  work in Indian Railways. The work of provision of VSS is being executed by Railtel.

In Phase-I that is targeted for completion by March 2020, SWR was given a target of 9 stations to commission CCTV surveillance system. The 9 locations Commissioned with Video Surveillance system (CCTV) are (1) Ballari with 33 Cameras, (2) Belagavi with 36 Cameras, (3) Vasco-Da Gama with 36 Cameras (4) Bengaluru Cant with 21 Cameras, (5) Bangarapet with 36 Cameras,(6) Hassan with 36 Camera (7) Krishnarajpuram with 25 Cameras (8) Shivamoga Town with 24 cameras and (9) Sri Satya Sai Prashanti Nilayam with 20 Cameras.  SWR is the first Zone in Indian Railway to have completed the work in Phase-I.

Integrated security System comprising of CCTV System, Baggage Scanner at entry points has already been installed at Bengaluru, Mysuru & Yesvantpur before the provision of VSS at 9 stations.  CCTV cameras were earlier functional at (1) Hubballi with 54 Cameras (VSS 10 cameras under Nirbhaya fund), (2) Hosapete with 19 Cameras, (3) Koppal with 8 Cameras, (4) Londa with 13 Cameras, (5) Castle Rock with 10 Cameras, (6) Vijayapura with 6 Cameras, (7) Dharwad with 6 Cameras, (8) Gadag with 2 Cameras, (9) Bengaluru with 71 Cameras, (10) Yeshwantpur with 35 Cameras & (11) Mysuru with 34 Cameras.  Now after completion of Phase – I of VSS, SWR has functional CCTV at 20 stations over the Zone.

In Phase 2, Video Surveillance System (CCTV) are planned to cover 21 more stations which include 1) Arsikere, 2) Bagalkot, 3) Banswadi, 4) Bhadravathi, 5) Vijayapura, 6) Birur 7) Gadag  8) Harihar  9) Haveri  10) Hindupur, 11) Hosapete 12) Hosur, 13) Koppal 14) Londa 15) Mandya, 16) Thorngallu, 17) Tumkur,  18) Yelhanka, 19) Davanagere 20) Dharwad & 21) Kengeri.  The same will be done in 2020-21.

Security personnel can monitor these cameras 24x7 not o­nly from station control rooms but also from Divisional Central Security control Rooms located at Divisional  HQ, i.e, Hubballi, Mysuru and Bengaluru. This system has the features of Video surveillance, face detection, detection of left over luggage etc.  This will enhance security at strategic locations such as Station entry, Platforms, Reservation Counter, Foot Over Bridges, Yard & Parcel office.  Recording of all the cameras will be stored in hard disk upto 30 days and can be retrieved at a later date for analysis. 

                                                       (E. Vijaya)

                                                          Chief Public Relations Office

                                                               SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY

                                   Press Release No. 236   Dt. 10.10.2019

SUVIDHA SPECIAL TRAINS FOR DEEPAVALI FESTIVAL

South Western Railway has decided to run Suvidha Special trains to clear extra rush of passengers during Deepavali festival as detailed below: -

I.Train No. 82659 / 82660 Mysuru - Vijayapura - Mysuru Suvidha Special: -

Train No. 82659 Mysuru - Vijayapura Suvidha Special will depart from Mysuru at 16:45 hrs o­n 25.10.2019 (Friday) and arrive Vijayapura at 10:30 hrs o­n the next day.

Enroute, the train will arrive/depart Mandya – 17:25/17:26 hrs, Ramanagaram – 18:05/18:06 hrs, KSR Bengaluru - 19:25/19:30 hrs, Yesvantpur – 19:40/19:42 hrs, Tumakuru – 20:50/20:52 hrs, Arsikere – 22:25/22:30 hrs, Chikjajur – 23:55/23:56 hrs, Chitradurga – 00:45/00:46 hrs, Raydurg – 02:29/02:30 hrs, Ballari – 03:40/03:55 hrs, Tornagal – 04:25/04:26 hrs, Hosapete – 05:00/05:02 hrs, Koppal – 05:26/05:27 hrs, Gadag – 06:20/06:22 hrs, Hole-Alur – 07:12/07:13 hrs, Badami – 07:30/07:31 hrs, Bagalkot – 07:55/07:56 hrs, Almatti – 08:43/08:44 hrs and Basavan Bagewadi – 09:13/09:14 hrs.

In return direction Train No. 82660 Vijayapura - Mysuru Suvidha Special will depart from Vijayapura at 18:00 hrs o­n 29.10.2019 (Tuesday) and arrive Mysuru at 12:20 hrs o­n the next day.

Enroute, the train will arrive/depart Basavan Bagewadi – 18:44/18:45 hrs, Almatti – 19:04/19:06 hrs, Bagalkot – 19:58/20:00 hrs, Badami – 20:29/20:30 hrs, Hole-Alur – 21:00/21:01 hrs, Gadag – 21:58/22:00 hrs, Koppal – 22:55/22:57 hrs, Hosapete – 23:30/23:35 hrs, Tornagal – 00:08/00:10 hrs, Ballari – 00:50/01:10 hrs, Raydurg - 02:30/02:32 hrs, Chitradurga – 03:55/03:57 hrs, Chikjajur – 04:50/04:52 hrs, Arsikere – 06:25/06:30 hrs, Tumakuru – 08:00/08:02 hrs, Yesvantpur – 09:05/09:10 hrs, KSR Bengaluru - 09:30/09:35 hrs, Ramanagaram – 10:09/10:10 hrs and Mandya – 11:01/11:02 hrs.

The Train will have a composition of ONE AC 3-tier Coaches, TEN Second Class Sleeper Coaches and TWOSecond Class Luggage cum Brake-van.  

II.Train No. 82661 / 82662 Yelahanka – Bidar – Yelahanka Suvidha Special: -

Train No. 82661 Yelahanka – Bidar Suvidha Special will depart from Yelahanka at 17:00 hrs o­n 25.10.2019 (Friday) & 28.10.2019 (Monday) and arrive Bidar at 08:30 hrs o­n the respective next day (02 Trips o­nly).

            Enroute, this train will arrive/depart Gauribidanur - 17:49/17:50 hrs, Hindupur - 18:19/18:20 hrs, Dharmavaram - 20:00/20:05 hrs, Anantpur - 20:30/20:32 hrs., Guntakal - 21:45/21:50 hrs, Mantralayam Road - 23:40/23:42 hrs, Raichur - 00:30/00:32 hrs, Yadgir - 02:10/02:12 hrs and Wadi - 03:30/03:35 hrs, Kalaburagi – 04:20/04:30 hrs, Kamalapur – 05:20/05:22 hrs, Humnabad – 06:25/06:27 hrs and Khanapur Deccan – 07:28/07:30 hrs.

In return direction Train No. 82662 Bidar - Yelahanka Suvidha Special will depart from Bidar at 16:00 hrs o­n 26.10.2019 (Saturday) & 29.10.2019 (Tuesday) and arrive Yelahanka at 08:40 hrs o­n the respective next day (02 Trips o­nly).

Enroute, this train will arrive/depart Khanapur Deccan – 16:25/16:27 hrs,  Humnabad – 17:45/17:47 hrs, Kamalapur – 19:00/19:02 hrs, Kalaburagi – 20:20/20:30 hrs,  Wadi - 21:15/21:20 hrs, Yadgir - 22:00/22:02 hrs, Raichur - 22:50/22:52 hrs, Mantralayam Road - 23:28/23:30 hrs, Guntakal - 00:50/00:55 hrs, Anantpur - 03:00/03:02 hrs., Dharmavaram - 04:55/05:00 hrs, Hindupur - 06:41/06:42 hrs, Gauribidanur - 07:15/07:16 hrs.

The Train will have a composition of ONE AC 3-tier Coach, TEN Second Class Sleeper Coaches and TWO Second Class Luggage cum Brake-van.  

                                                      (E. Vijaya)

                                                         Chief Public Relations Office