Mumbai, Jan 24: Following the Mumbai terror
attacks, the Central Railways has decided to install a Rs 230
crore Integrated Safety System to beef up security and ensure
safety in every area.
"We will try to make our railways as safe as possible
and have planned an Integrated Safety System at a cost of Rs
230 crore to handle all aspects of safety," CR General Manager
BB Modgil said here yesterday.
The project could be implemented on the build-operate-
own-transfer (BOOT) model and the Railway Board has suggested
that a portion of advertising rights on the railways could be
given to the provider of the security system as payment, he
said.
"We will be floating the Expression of Interest
documents soon to assess the interest in the market but if
there is none then we would have to consider trying to pay for
the project," Modgil said.
The system was being developed on the model proposed
by several security agencies and had various components,
including access control, baggage screening and a network of
closed circuit cameras, Inspector General (RPF) BS Siddhu
said.
"We are also identifying points of unauthorised access
on the railways and will be putting up fences to bring an end
to it," he said.
The busy Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST)
station was one of the targets of the terrorists in the Mumbai
terror attacks on November 26 last year.
Bureau Report
