Egmore Railway station security to be upped
Posted on: 14/Jul/2016 11:36:55 AM
Officials of the Egmore Railway Station have been making plans to duplicate the three tier security that is currently in place at Chennai Central Station. They hope that this will up the security in a station that get more than one lakh footfalls in a day.
Speaking about this, a senior Railway Police Force, or RPF, officer said, Chennai Central`s security plan was beefed up after the 2014 blasts. It is a comprehensive three-tier system that involves plugging of entry-exit points and patrolling on platforms. That has helped reduce the crimes. We have conducted inspections at Egmore and we have decided on the entry points to the station. Currently, Egmore station has eight entry points, of which, four will be closed. To improve security measures, there will be improved security checkpoints, access control exercises will be undertaken and a boundary wall is being built. Streamlining of traffic, and UVSS, or under - vehicle surveillance scanners, have already been deployed on Egmore premises. Within the next two months, more measures to strengthen the security system at Egmore will be undertaken.
Corporate companies have been invited to adopt stations. They have been asked to install CCTV camera under Corporate Social Responsibility, or CSR, activities.
