Soon, 100 more GRP personnel on local trains to protect women by messanger on 06 September, 2013 - 03:56 PM | ||
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messanger | Soon, 100 more GRP personnel on local trains to protect women on 06 September, 2013 - 03:56 PM | |
There’s some good news for women commuters. At least 100 additional GRP personnel will be deployed to guard local trains, especially women compartments, after the Railway Board has agreed to foot 50% cost incurred to deploy the additional force.A division bench of chief justice Mohit Shah and justice MS Sancklecha directed the Board and the state to expeditiously clear the proposal to deploy additional GRP personnel at suburban stations and on local trains to ensure safety of women commuters.The bench was hearing a suo moto PIL based on newspaper reports and a PIL filed by NGO Help Mumbai Foundation regarding women’s safety on local trains.In the last hearing, the court was informed that the state had granted approval for the deployment of additional home guards. But it had asked the railways to bear 50% of the cost. Now, the new posts will be filled by the state, which is going to bear the other 50% of the expense. |