The Manduadih railway station in Varanasi (Representational Image)
The railways has put in closed-circuit tv (CCTV) cameras at 686 stations throughout the nation, Union minister Piyush Goyal knowledgeable Parliament on Wednesday, indicating that it has such protection in much less than 10 p.c of the 7,349 railway stations in India. Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Goyal stated that on-line monitoring by CCTV cameras is completed at passenger reservation centre in addition to different areas of main railway stations.
“Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras have been offered at 686 stations.
“If any unlawful/suspicious activity is observed, immediate action is taken. Presently, prevention of entry of persons is not done by using CCTV monitoring. However, surveillance on persons indulging in suspicious/objectionable activities is maintained and intervention is made as and when the need arises,” he stated.
Of the 686 stations, 156 are in Maharashtra, adopted by Uttar Pradesh with 69 stations, West Bengal with 67 stations, and Bihar 47 stations.
While Rajasthan has CCTV cameras at 31 stations, Tamil Nadu has the ability at 35 stations. The states in the northeast, besides Tripura and Nagaland which have one station every with cameras, and Puducherry have no stations with CCTV cameras, he stated.
While Karnataka has CCTV cameras at 30 stations, 21 stations in Kerala have that facility and 29 stations in Madhya Pradesh have such cameras.
Jammu and Kashmir has such cameras at 19 stations, Odisha 16, Haryana 13, and Jharkhand 11. Delhi has such cameras at 13 stations, Chhattisgarh 13 and Gujarat at 30 stations.Â
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