Title - Efforts by DMRC to prevent suicides

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is making all efforts to prevent incidents of suicides in the metro premises of Delhi.

DMRC has taken the following steps to prevent the incidents of suicides:-

• The Security Controller, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Station Controller have been asked to keep more vigil on CCTV to indentify restless or gloomy persons who may commit suicide.

• Additional measures to prevent access of passengers to the non-passenger areas have been adopted.

• Passengers are advised to keep away from the yellow line on platform through regular announcements and sporadic check by staff.

• Train Operators have been asked to be extra vigilant while approaching platform and apply emergency brakes to stop the train whenever suicide attempt is noticed.

• At many stations, raising of the height of hand railings on the platform boundary has been taken up to prevent any passenger from jumping on to the road beneath.

There have been 14 cases of suicides reported for the period, June 2012 to 2013 in the Delhi metro premises.

This information was given by Shrimati Deepa Dasmunshi, Minister of State, Urban Development in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.