Question : CCTV Cameras

(a) the number of CCTV cameras installed at railway stations during the last three years and the current year, zone and station-wise;
(b) the number of CCTV cameras likely to be installed by the Railways during the next financial year along with the funds allocated for the same;
(c) whether the crime rate at railway stations had dropped during the last three years and if so, the details thereof;
(d) whether in view of providing adequate security to passengers including women passengers and checking theft cases, the Government proposes to install CCTV cameras in trains also and if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the number of trains in which CCTV cameras have already been installed?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)
(a): Details of the number of Close Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras installed at railway stations during the last three years and the current year are appended.
(b): It has been decided to provide nearly 35,000 cameras with allocation of fund to the tune of ?500 crore under Nirbhaya Fund over 983 railway stations in next two years.
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(c): The crime rate at railway stations over Indian Railways has not shown declining trend during the last three years. Further, prevention of crime, registration of cases, their investigation and maintenance of law and order in Railway premises as well as on running trains are the statutory responsibility of the State Governments, which they discharge through Government Railway Police. Railway Protection Force (RPF) supplements the efforts of the Government Railway Police to strengthen security over Railways.
(d) & (e): CCTV cameras have been installed on a limited number of coaches of passenger and suburban trains on a pilot basis. Brief details are as under:-
• CCTV cameras have been installed in the entire rake (21 coaches) of Train No.12497/12498 Shan-e-Punjab Express of Northern Railway.
• 10 Humsafar rakes have been fitted with CCTVs by Modern Coach Factory/Rae Bareli & Rail Coach Factory/Kapurthala (RCF) (5 rakes each).
• CCTV system has been provided in one rake of Tejas train service by RCF.
• CCTVs have been provided in 6 Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) rakes by ICF.
• Integral Coach Factory/Chennai (ICF) has provided CCTVs in 20 coaches of Mainline trains.
• Western Railway and Central Railway have provided CCTVs in 100 suburban coaches (50 suburban coaches each).
• CCTV cameras have also been provided in coaches with glass roof top for Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). Two such coaches have been turned out by ICF.
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