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Western Railway
06:28
Why Video Surveillance System ?Enhancement Made Better Safety to Passengers?
Why Video Surveillance System ?Enhancement Made Better Safety to Passengers?
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Showing posts with label Nirbhaya Fund. Show all posts
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Friday, 16 September 2016
RPF
07:45
Diva gangrape impact: RPF to instal cameras at 38 outposts on Central Railway
Diva gangrape impact: RPF to instal cameras at 38 outposts on Central Railway
MUMBAI: In the wake of the Diva gangrape case where a 25-year-old woman pressed charges against four Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel, the top brass has decided instal electronic surveillance at 38 outposts on Central Railway. The footage will have to be viewed by the inspector in-charge every morning.
At present, only key RPF outposts are covered with CCTV cameras.
At minor railway stations, such as Diva, RPF outposts are located away from the platform and manned only by one or two staffers at night; it's often difficult for the in-charge to know what happened in his absence. "Though the gangrape charge is still being probed by the Mumbra police, we want to ensure that such an incident never happens again," said AK Singh, chief security commissioner (RPF) CR.
Budgetary allocations were made under the Nirbhaya Fund this year to instal CCTV cameras at railway stations that didn't have electronic surveillance. Senior officials said a portion of the fund will be used to instal cameras at the RPF outposts.
In 2015, the Supreme Court had directed the Centre and state governments to instal CCTV cameras at local police stations and in interrogation rooms to prevent custodial torture. "We decided to use the same principal at our outposts. Cameras will be placed at the entrance of the outpost in such a manner as to capture all goings-on inside. The idea is to prevent instances of custodial torture or molestation of a complainant or accused Each camera is IP-based. This means the footage can also be viewed at the headquarters. The cameras should serve as a deterrant," said a senior official. "We will also sensitize our staffers."
The only hitch is that the videorecording would stay maximum for a month, before being overwritten. This won't help in cases where complainants come forward much after the incident.
Source:TOI
Friday, 19 June 2015
Suburban service
20:15
CCTV Cameras soon in select Suburban and Special/Premium trains under SWR
CCTV Cameras soon in select Suburban and Special/Premium trains under SWR
Bangalore: Suburban and special/premium trains under the South Western Railway are likely to have Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras soon as part of a larger plan of the railways to ensure safety of women and check crimes in trains.
The proposal on installing CCTV cameras, which had been pending for long, has been cleared. But it’s unclear when the cameras will actually be installed in trains under the SWR. Sanjiv Agarwal, Division Railway Manager, Bengaluru, said that they were yet to receive information about which trains under the SWR would be equipped with CCTV cameras. “Suburban trains are most likely to have the cameras first, followed by special/premier trains,” he added.
CCTV cameras were first installed in trains under the Northern and Southern railway zones as a pilot project. The railway budget for 2015-16 mentioned installing CCTV cameras in suburban and premier trains like Shatabdi, Rajdhani, etc.
Nirbhaya Fund
According to railway officials, since the prime objective of installing CCTV cameras is to make women feel safer, the Nirbhaya Fund would be utilised for the purpose. Nirbhaya Fund was set up to spend on issues of women’s safety, following the Delhi gang rape of 2012.
The new system will help keep tabs on miscreants harassing women passengers in trains. The railways registered the highest number of molestation cases on running trains in 2013-2014. There were also incidents of assault on women in railway compartments. Surveillance cameras would be installed in select coaches and personnel of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) would monitor them. CCTV cameras at railways stations are monitored by RPF personnel.
But the big question is, will the move achieve its intended objective? That’s difficult to say, according to Sudha S, who travels frequently from her hometown Bhopal to Bengaluru where she lives.
She feels the move may not act as a deterrent to molesters. “CCTV cameras may record men molesting women in trains or thieves decamping with passengers’ valuables. But will that result in the security personnel catching the offenders in trains?
The railways should first deploy enough security personnel, only then can the cameras help,” she reasoned.
