![]() ![]() However, unfortunately, this system is not in place yet. At the press of the button, the control room and the guard room would be alerted and the security personnel can rush to the spot to help the person in danger. Panic buttons are red switches which can be installed in all train compartments to serve as a security measure. In between, the culprits alighted from the train at different stations en route. It seems the Railways is not going to learn anything from any of these episodes the latest incident is proof enough.Īlthough the teen girl had informed the guard about the assault and molestation by a group of men, the Railway Police could not reach out for help until the train reached Thrissur from Ernakulam. The incident, in which a woman traveller on Guruvayoor Punaloor Express had to jump out from the moving train to escape from an attacker, had happened a few months ago. Though the safety of lone women travellers was decided to be entrusted with the RPF officers on platform duty, the order to effect the same has not been issued yet. The promise of forming teams of women RPF officers to ensure the women’s safety in trains has also not been fulfilled. The passages between the compartments still remain a nightmare for the women travellers, especially on night trains. There has been no progress in the announcement that 8 cameras would be installed in each coach to ensure women's safety. ![]() Though there are cameras installed in the coaches of a few new trains, all trains running through the rail lines in Kerala continue to lack them. It is when even the buses have CCTV cameras installed that the trains continue to lack any such measures. ![]() However, the project did not reach anywhere. As many as 12 lakh cameras were to be installed altogether in the trains and the stations. It was after Soumya’s death that the Railways initiated the process of installing CCTV cameras in all trains across the network in India. ![]()
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