Tiruchi railway junction is poised for significant security fortification with the Government Railway Police (GRP) drawing up a detailed “Railway Security Protection Scheme” exclusively for this station.
Devised as per a direction from the State Police headquarters, the “Railway Security Protection Scheme” contains a host of security-related measures the GRP proposes to execute in coordination with the Railway Protection Force and railway authorities to bolster vigil at Tiruchi.
The Government Railway Police Chennai and Tiruchi Police Districts were directed to formulate plans to scale up security in major railway stations including Chennai Egmore, Tiruchi, Madurai, Coimbatore and Tirunelveli in view of prevailing threat perceptions and in the wake of the terror attacks in Chathrapathi Shivaji railway station at Mumbai last year.
The GRP, Tiruchi Police District, has readied separate security schemes for Tiruchi, Madurai and Tirunelveli Junctions which would be submitted to the police headquarters through the Inspector General of Police, GRP, Chennai.
The scheme proposes measures to beef up security, strengthen surveillance in Tiruchi Junction by coordinating with the RPF and State Police besides gearing up the intelligence machinery.
Anti-sabotage checks in trains, yard, waiting halls and the station’s outer periphery in liaison with the RPF and the City Police are proposed in the scheme.
Measures to prevent unauthorised entry into yards, formation of special parties to check trains and goods stationed in platform and an estimate of manpower requirement for security duty have been specified in the Railway Security Protection Scheme.
A notable aspect of the plan is the deployment of commando-trained police personnel attached to Tiruchi City and GRP at strategic points to neutralise any armed intrusion into the station for which surveillance cameras has been already been sanctioned.
Deployment of three GRP personnel supervised by one Sub Inspector in three shifts at the booking office entrance, parcel office entrance, eastern side of railway station, subway entrance, RMS office entrance and in Kallukuzhi also form part of the plan.
The enhanced security arrangements would be on a permanent basis once the scheme gets the nod from the top brass, say GRP sources.
The scheme entails securing immediate assistance from the divisional railway authorities, City Police, Government Headquarters Hospital, Ambulance and Fire service in case of any emergency.
Once the nod is obtained from the police headquarters, the security scheme will be made available to top divisional railway officers, RPF authorities and the City Police, say GRP sources.
(The Hindu, 20 June 2009)
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