The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has formed a special squad to keep a strict vigil on carrying inflammable items, including firecrackers, in trains for the safety of the passengers during ensuing Diwali celebrations.
Carrying of inflammable objects like crackers, gas cylinder, acid, petrol and kerosene during train journey is a punishable offence under the Railway Act 1989 and the offender may get an imprisonment up to three years, an official release informed.
The ECoR has urged passengers to be careful and not to carry and also not let their co-passengers carry inflammable objects while travelling on trains. If any passenger is seen carrying inflammable items, the co-passengers are requested to inform on-duty railway staff like TTEs, Coach Attendants, Guards of the Train, Station Managers, Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel to save the train passengers from danger, the release requested.
Passengers can call Helpline No 182 to report any incident concerning carrying crackers on train.