Railways to install 12 lakh CCTV cameras

Hyderabad Jan 22: In a Move to ensure the safety of passengers Indian Railways would procurement of about 12 lakh CCTV cameras to ensure state-of-the-art surveillance systems in all trains and stations across the country.

Sources said that "the Railways would be allocated around Rs 3,000 crore in its budget for 2018-19 to install CCTV systems in all 11,000 trains including premier and suburban services and all the 8,500 stations in the Indian rail network, to provide safety and security at rail premises."

Officials told that "each coach will have eight CCTV cameras covering the entry gates, aisle and vestibules, all crucial points at stations will have the systems. Currently, there are about 395 stations and about 50 trains that are equipped with CCTV systems."

" All mail/express and premier trains, including Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto and local passenger services, will be equipped with the modern surveillance systems in the next two years" officials added.