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SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY

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SER LAYS STRESS o­n CCTV SURVEILLANCE TO ENHANCE PASSENGER SECURITY

Kolkata, 28^th December, 2018:

South Eastern Railway has provided CCTV based Surveillance system at its important stations to enhance safety and security of the passengers. Till now, 533 CCTV Cameras have been installed at major and important stations of SER to ensure security of the passengers. The important stations where CCTV Cameras have been installed are Kharagpur, Midnapur, Santragachi, Jhargram, Gidhni, Sardiha, Ranchi, Muri, Tatanagar, Chakradharpur, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Monoharpur, Goilkera, Jaraikela, Adra, Purulia, Bokaro Steel City, Godapiasal, Salboni, Piardoba etc.

CCTV footage is being monitored round the clock and o­n getting information about any untoward incident, immediate action is taken by the Task Force/Quick Response Team.Moreover, in some of the stations of SER, monitoring has become possible from Headquarters Office also through net connectivity. To extend top most priority to passenger security, regular analysis is being done to identify the spots, sections, stations and trains prone to crime viz. dacoity, snatching, robbery etc. Accordingly, security arrangements have also been strengthened through intense RPF patrolling to ensure safety and security of the passengers and their belongings. This is done in close co-ordination with the state authority.

This apart, in order to prevent crimes in railway areas and premises, South Eastern Railway has planned to install CCTV Cameras at 33 stations from Nirbhaya Fund.This Nirbhaya Fund support has been initiated towards protecting the dignity and ensuring safety of women in railways by installing CCTV Cameras for quick response system to create deterrence against crimes. Rs. 7 crores have been sanctioned to install CCTV Cameras covering 33 densely populated stations. Till now, CCTV monitoring have been provided at Balasore and Digha stations under Nirbhaya Fund and 16 Cameras have been installed at both the stations.

To enhance safety & security of woman passengers in SER’s suburban sections, CCTV Cameras have been installed in Ladies Compartments of all new rakes of GPS based 3 phase indigenious EMU trains running in suburban sections of Kharagpur Division. Seven number of CCTV Cameras have been installed in each Ladies compartment of these suburban trains. There are further plans to equip all premier trains including Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto with modern surveillance system in coming days.

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RAILWAY MINSITER INAUGURATES SANTRAGACHI-JHARGRAM MEMU PASSENGER THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCE

FROM RAIL BHAWAN

Kolkata, 12^thFebruary, 2015:

Sri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Hon’bleMinister for Railways flagged off Santragachi-Jhargram MEMU Passenger along with three other trains and extension of o­ne train through Video Conference from Rail Bhawan, New Delhi today (12/02/2015). Sri Manoj Sinha, Hon’ble Minister of State for Railways was specially present o­n the occasion. The flagging off of trains by remote was done through Telepresence Service provided by Rail Tel a PSU of Ministry of Railways.

At Santragachi Railway Station Sri Jatu Lahiri, Hon’ble Member of Legislative Assembly, West Bengal graced the occasion of inaugural run of Santragachi- Jhargram MEMU. Sri Goutam Banerjee, Divisional Railway Manager, Kharagpur was also present.

Shri Lahiri thanked the Raiway Authority for introduction of this new service and appealed to the Railway Administration to take more passenger amenity measures in Santragachi area.

Divisional Railway Manager, Kharagpur Sri Goutam Banerjee while addressing the gathering at Santragachi said that this pair of MEMU Passengers would run five days a week except Saturday and Sunday which will establish a direct connectivity for people of Kolkata, Howrah and Jangalamahal of Paschim Medinipur.

Santragachi-Jhargram MEMU Passenger with No. 68001 will leave Santragachi at 06:45 hours and will reach Jhargram at 09:35 hours. In the return direction, Jhargram-Santragachi MEMU Passenger with No.68008 will depart Jhargram at 09:50 hours and will arrive Santragachi at 12:35 hours.

This pair of new trains will stop at Uluberia, Bagnan, Mecheda, Panskura, Haur, Radhamohanpur, Balichak, Kharagpur, Kalaikunda, Khemasuli, Sardiha and Banstala between Santragachi-Jhargram-Santragachi.

Hon’ble Minister for Railways also flagged off a Weekly Express Train (18629/18630) between Ranchi and New Jalpaiguri through remote from Rail Bhawan, New Delhi today(12.02.2015). o­n the inaugural day, this Weekly Express ran as a Special Train. The regular run of Ranchi-New Jalpriguri Weekly Express (18629/18630) will start o­n 19/02/2015 from Ranchi and 20/02/2015 from New Jalpaiguri. The train (18629) will leave Ranchi at 05:45 hours every Thursday and will reach New Jalpaiguri at 04:00 hours, the next day. In the return direction ,the train (18630) will leave New Jalpaiguri at 05:15 hours every Friday and will arrive Ranchi at 03:30 hours, the next day.