Zone-wise position of Close Circuit Television (CCTV) Cameras installed during the last three years and the current year (upto  June 2018) are as under:-

Zone/Year	Number of CCTV camera installed
	2015	2016	2017	2018 (Up to June)
Central Railway	679	2076	72	Nil
Eastern Railway	Nil	Nil	325	261
East Central Railway	Nil	Nil	Nil	272
East Coast Railway	101	55	48	Nil
North Central Railway	58	100	237	50
North Eastern Railways	Nil	72	55	39
Northeast Frontier Railway	Nil	23	Nil	8
North Western Railway	Nil	Nil	22	24
Northern Railway	29	27	20	271
South Central Railway	Nil	2	1	Nil
South Eastern Railway	74	158	Nil	Nil
South East Central Railway	15	34	174	8
Southern Railway	Nil	93	116	Nil
South Western Railway	Nil	Nil	Nil	33
West Central Railway	Nil	Nil	Nil	75
Western Railway	1066	240	153	Nil
Total Cameras	2022	2880	1223	1041

 

CCTV cameras are proposed to be installed progressively at all stations except halt stations and passenger carrying coaches except General Coaches subject to availability of funds.

Railways, through the Railway Protection Force (RPF), are supplementing efforts of GRPs of respective States to strengthen security across Indian Railways. Measures initiated by RPF to strengthen security include escorting of 2500 trains (on an average daily), in addition to escorting of 2200 such trains by GRP, access control at important stations, operationalisation of Security Help Line number 182, surveillance through CCTV cameras provided at 436 stations, prosecution of offenders under relevant provisions of the Railways Act, 1989, security of women passengers and rescue of children, etc. Regular coordination is being maintained with the State Police/GRP authorities at all levels. In addition, State Level Security Committee for Railways (SLSCR) have been constituted for all State/Union Territories (UTs) under the Chairmanship of respective Director General of Police/ Commissioner of States/ Union Territories for regular monitoring and review of security arrangements for regular monitoring and review of security arrangements for the Railways.

This information was given by the Minister of State of Railways, Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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