Question : THEFT OF PARCEL AT NEW DELHI RAILWAY STATION

(a) whether the Government have an account of the parcels unloaded at New Delhi railway station during the last three years;

(b) if so, the number of parcels delivered to the parties and the number out of them stolen;

(c) the number of cases of parcel theft registered by the railway police;

(d) the compensation amount railways had paid during the last three years against these thefts; and

(e) the steps taken to stop such incidents in future?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI DIGVIJAY SINGH)

(a) Number of parcels unloaded at New Delhi Railway Station during the last three years is as under:

Year	No. of Packages
1997	2689916
1998	2604114
1999	3606349
(b) 
(i) Number of parcel packages delivered to the parties is as under:
Year	No. of Packages
1997	2585205
1998	2605163
1999	3604148

(ii) Number of parcel packages stolen is as under:
Year	No. of Packages
1997	15
1998	23
1999	28