Taking another step towards ensuring passenger safety and security of Railway property, the Railway administration is planning to equip at least 10 stations under South East Central Railway (SECR) in Raipur division with modern fire-fighting equipment.
With a move to dealing with fire emergencies at crowded railway stations and those with maximum rush of trains, the railways will soon be installing modern fire-fighting equipment at around 10 railway station under the jurisdiction of Raipur division, said SECR Raipur division’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) Ratan Basak.
Railway stations to be equipped with modern devices for dealing with fire incidents are-- Raipur, Durg, Railway Store Depot (RSD), Dadhapara Railway Station besides others, he informed while explaining that based on rush of people and movement of trains, fire-fighting equipment will be installed.
“A proposal in this regard would be drafted soon and most probably that visionary move is going to be implemented on ground in 2016,” said Basak.
According to Basak, initially, it has been known that a smoke detecting device to be installed at the identified Railway station respond to smoke and further course of action will be taken to douse the fire. In case of detecting smoke, the device is going to raise alarm following which preventive measures will be immediately taken to avert the incident.
Meanwhile, the South East Central Railway (SECR), Raipur Division recovered Rs 375.31 lakh as fine/freight by conducting surprise checking in trains and railway station under the division between April 2015 and September 2015.
In time period of 11 months, concerned authority has penalized around 177383 people in connection with travelling without ticket/invalid ticket and un-booked luggage, said Basak said.
According to him, with the objective to keep tab on errant passengers, who travels without ticket and un-booked luggage, SECR Raipur Division frequently conducts surprise checking in different trains as well as railway stations under its jurisdiction.
Moreover, Railway authority also try to ensure safe and convenient journey to women passengers and disabled by prohibiting entry of people in coaches being reserved for women and disabled through surprise checking.
The motto of ticket checking drive is to ensure convenience to passengers travelling with valid tickets and booked luggage, said Basak, elaborating that due to frequent ticket checking drive, remarkable rise in selling of ticket has also been witnessed in the division.
Meanwhile, he also made an appeal from public to travel with valid and purchase platform ticket before entering the Railway station.