Every effort is made for making journey safe in trains for passengers and in the cause Railway Protection Force (RPF) is supported by the district police, said Director General of Police RPF SK Bhagat while speaking with the media persons at Bhopal DRM office on Tuesday.
DG Bhagat said that efforts are always made to resolve the problems faced by the passengers during journey in trains. He said that the percentage of women in RPF would be increased from 3.3 percent to 10 percent after filling of 2020 post. The posts have been floated recently.
Out of 4700 trains in 2500 trains RPF squads escort the passengers and in those trains the crime percent is negligent which proves the efficiency of the RPF squad. In case if the police personnel are on the wrong side they are punished and if they perform well they are rewarded with appropriate rewards.
Replying to a query on the shortage of staff in the RPF, Bhagat said that the staff is assigned according to the project. At present, around 76,000 personnel of RPF have been deployed across the country. In the era of technology, the shortage of manpower does not matter as the shortage is subdued by the advance technology.
Bhagat further said that his visit was not aimed at any specific occasion and discussions on better coordination with Government Police Force (GRP) to provide safer journey and what new could be done to make the journey safe and secure was the main point of the discussion.
On the occasion, RPF DIG RK Malik and Senior Commandant RSP Singh were present.