Within the pursuit to make sure safety for passengers, Western Railway has put in over 2700 CCTV cameras throughout 28 suburban stations, as per a press launch by WR.
Out of those, 450 cameras have face recognition characteristic. One other break-through expertise is the Infrared Intruder Alarm System which operates with seven Infra-Purple primarily based CCTV digicam feeds guaranteeing 360 diploma protection.
“Moreover stations, safety measures are additionally being strengthened in native trains to safeguard passengers, particularly, girls commuters from anti-social components, and so forth. 48 native trains have been outfitted with 1,397 CCTV cameras, out of which 139 are put in in women coaches whereas 58 are generally coaches,” said the discharge.
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As an extra comfort for commuters throughout emergencies, Discuss Again System has been offered in 87 coaches together with 27 women coaches, added the discharge.
“These techniques assist to watch and hold a vigilant eye over the railway premises and curb untoward incidents. As a result of sustained efforts, there was super decline within the crime incidents reported,” mentioned Western Railway chief public relations officer Sumit Thakur.
As per Thakur, the general crime incidents towards passengers reported within the present 12 months 2021 (upto the month of August) is 1168. “Equally, the passenger crimes reported within the 12 months 2020 got here right down to 2875, as towards 11283 within the 12 months 2019, which is a decline by 90 %,” he added.
With the assistance of CCTV digicam surveillance, 33 instances have been detected and 41 individuals arrested within the 12 months 2019, whereas within the 12 months 2020, the variety of instances detected have been 21, in addition to 21 individuals have been arrested. On this 12 months, upto August 2021, 34 instances have been detected with the assistance of CCTV surveillance through which 38 individuals have been arrested.
