RailEnquiry

Mumbai: To discourage teenagers from travelling on rooftops of trains or performing stunts, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) has launched a special campaign in city schools where they distribute pamphlets bearing a graphic image of a victim and the punishment meted out by courts for the offence. This is in addition to a series of lectures that officials have been delivering in schools since last year. A majority of the offenders involved in rooftop travel and performing stunts are youngsters.

"We have distributed the pamphlets to students in 33 schools on the Central line so far and intend to cover at least 50 schools. Our officers have been instructed to focus on schools located on the harbour line as a majority of offences relating to rooftop travel and stunts are recorded on this stretch," said Alok Bohra, senior divisional security commissioner, RPF (CR). Besides the pamphlets, a two-page booklet containing do's and don'ts related to rail travel are also being distributed in three languages English, Hindi and Marathi.