Rlys to install ‘panic button’

Lucknow: With a view to strengthen security of women passengers in trains, the North Eastern Railway (NER) plans to deploy women police personnel on trains during night hours as well as install ‘panic buttons’ in coaches. Currently, women passengers have to depend on either on helpline numbers by call or SMS, or on chain-pulling in emergency situation but with this system immediate action can be taken.

Lucknow: With a view to strengthening security of women passengers in trains, the North Eastern Railway plans to deploy women police personnel on trains during night hours as well as install ‘panic buttons’ in coaches. Since the railways is focussing on women and child safety this year, it plans deployment of women police personnel in

suburban trains during night hours besides recruitment of women in the RPF among others, chief PRO of NER, Sanjay Yadav said.

With reports of mishappenings with women travelling alone in trains, the railways also proposes to have ‘ panic buttons’ in the coaches which will be linked with the guard coach, Mr Yadav said.

“These buttons, placed at convenient spots for easy reach of women travellers above the electric switches, when pressed will denote the coach where there is emergency and the railway staff present in the train will be informed to promptly attend to the emergency,” Yadav said.