In view of trains getting overcrowded during the Rath Yatra, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) launched a special awareness drive for passengers and urged them to avoid train journey on footboard, buffers and rooftop of the train compartments for safe journey.
The ECoR has also requested passengers not to take food and drinking items from the strangers, carry any inflammable items, touch suspicious things, lean against train compartments, entrain or detrain when the train is in motion and avoid train journey without or with improper tickets. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) staffs have been advised to take control crowd and keep watch on touts and anti-socials, particularly in crowded areas like booking and PRS counters, enquiry counters, tourist complex and mela shed.
The ECoR has also urged the pilgrims and passengers to use Mobile App like UTS (Unreserved Ticketing System) App and Mobile Rath Yatra App ECOR Yatra so that they can know all the information by railways and book unreserved journey tickets by avoiding rush in ticket counters.
It has urged all passengers to avail the facilities of the railway security helpline “182” to report cases of passenger’s security and unsavoury situation during train journey.