The position of ladies’ compartments in local and passenger trains should be shifted to the middle, a Parliamentary panel has mooted, noting that placing them at the rear of a train posed a security threat to women.
The Committee on Empowerment of Women also said that the present strength of Railway Protection Force is not adequate for providing security on railway premises and on trains, especially for women, and wanted it to be increased at the earliest to check crimes.
Placing of the ladies compartment at the rear end of the train posed security threat to women as it is easy for a miscreant to enter or escape from the coach after a crime, it said.
In the wake of several crimes against women aboard trains, the Committee has desired that the Railways should reconsider their policy of placement of ladies’ compartments and should explore means to position it in the middle of trains.