Railways Conduct Public Awareness Campaigns

Public awareness campaigns regarding facilities available to passengers, reservation and refund rules, perils of ticketless travel, new policies for rail users, safety and security, prevention of carriage of inflammable articles, menace of touts, safety to be observed while negotiating level crossings, danger of roof top travel on trains etc. are being conducted as an on-going exercise through print and electronic media, poster campaign, stickers on the panel of coaches, public announcement system at stations, etc.

Law and order is a State subject and action regarding registration of cases, investigation and prosecution against the defaulters is taken by Government Railway Police (GRP) of the state concerned. Railway Protection Force does the required liaison with the State Police and points out recurring cases in any area for a more focused attention.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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