Title - Railways step up security at all stations

LUCKNOW: Railways has beefed up security at all the important stations including Lucknow in the wake of the recent Pune blasts.

Directions to step up the security have been sent to the security officers at all the important stations.

Chief security commissioner, Northern Railway has advised all the senior divisional security commissioners, at Delhi, Ambala, Firozpur, Jammu and Kashmir, Moradabad and Lucknow to maintain high level of visibility and proactive presence of Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel at important stations.

To beef up the security, dog squad of RPF has been pressed into service at New Delhi, Delhi Cantt, Delhi Jn, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Anand Vihar, Lucknow, Varanasi, Moradabad, Haridwar, Jammu, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Ambala and at other stations.

Besides, the electronic surveillance has been stepped up at all the important stations. RPF in co-ordination with the Government Railway Police (GRP) is also conducting checks and frisking of passengers.