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| Type | Commercial Circular |
|---|---|
| Topic | ticket-checking |
Guidelines to prevent incidents of Crime against Women in trains and in railway premises Waiting rooms should not remain unattended and persons should be
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARDD)
No. 2021/Sec{Crime)/45/08
Dated: .A../03/2021
To
Principal Chief Security Commissioners
All Zonal Railways, RPSF, Metro Rail/Kolkata && KRCL
All Production Units, CORE, Const., RDSO
Director/JR RPF Academy, LKO
Director/RPF TC, MLY & KGP
SECURITY CIRCULAR No. 02/2021
Sub: Guidelines to prevent incidents of Crime against Women in
trains and in railway premises.
Twenty three (23) million passengers travel through the Indian Railways
everyday out of which 20% i.e. about 4.6 million are women.
Major complaints
from women pertain
to molestation,
eve teasing,
harassment and unauthorised entry of male passengers in ladies coaches. In
suburban railway networks like Mumbai, women passengers are victims of
shoving, objectionable touching, groping, bullying etc. In addition, women
passengers become victims of chain snatching, mobile snatching, handbag
lifting and other instances of thefts of passenger uggage.
In the recent past, a surge in the incidents of crime against women
(including rape) in trains and railway premises has been a major area of
concern. Therefore, the following steps as part of a focused effort across Indian
Railways need to be taken to collectively strive for safety of women passengers
and to mitigate atrocities against women in railways:
Assessment of vulnerability
1. All the Post Commanders (PC) should get details of the incidents of crime
against women including rape reported during last 5 years and should
analyze data thoroughly. The reasons for such offences, gaps in security
procedure, failures of security apparatus, modus operandi of criminals
involved, vulnerable section of women, places, duration day, month and
year, status of investigation/prosecution of past cases, arrest made,
whereabouts of criminals and their associates etc. should be carefully
examined in coordination with counterparts of Government Railway
Police/Local Police, Station staff and NGOs. They must also get
photographs of criminals involved in such crimes and create a database.
The databases of criminals involved in crime against women passengers
may be accessed through CCTNS/ICJS and state police digital
databases.
2. Sectional
ASC should analyze the report submitted
by the Post
Commander and after examining all the issues, solutions, etc. proposed
by PC, they may formulate strategy to avoid such incidents and present
it to Sr. DSC/DSC who in turn should get it examined and make
coordinated efforts involving all stake holders of Railways, Police & Civil
authorities to implement the strategy.
Action plan
1. The action plan should be classified in Short Term & Long Term Plan.
Short Term plan should be implemented immediately from the existing
resources on priority without any delay. It may include keeping watch on
suspects, regular visit to vulnerable spots by duty officers & staff during
their rounds. However, Long Term Plan which may include improvement
of Basis Infrastructure,
CCTV, Light Masts, etc. which may take a
reasonable time, should be chased with concerned authorities on regular
basis and till such time it is completed, focus should be kept on
temporary minor works that can be effective in improving the situation,
which may be worked out and got implemented with bare minimum
expenditure or with available resources.
Preventive measures to be adopted1:
1.
Proper lighting arrangements should be ensured covering all vulnerable
places identified in Railway Stations, Circulating area, Parking, FOBs,
approach roads, ends of platforms, Yards, Washing lines, DEMU/EMU
Car sheds, Saloon Sidings, Maintenance depots, etc.
2.
Abandoned
structures
in platforms/yards,
abandoned
quarters,
buildings at isolated places which remain unguarded/unattended
should be demolished immediately in consultation with engineering
department. Till such time that they are demolished, they should be
regularly checked as part of the beat o
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