Maligaon, August 13 (MExN): Security at the Guwahati railway station has been reviewed and beefed up. Guwahati is the biggest railway station of the Northeast with a footfall of 40000 people every day, and more than 30 pairs of trains move through this station daily. Pranav Jyoti Sharma, Chief Public Relations Officer, NFR in a press statement said that a quick reaction team comprising 13 fully armed Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) jawans along with 26 Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel under one officer has been on shift duty at the station. Around 30 Government Railway police (GRP) personnel along with 10 CRPF jawans are also helping in maintaining security at the station in shifts. He added that area domination by posting additional manpower in the main concourse area, main entrance, Paltan Bazar gate, reservation halls, foot overbridge, and platforms to ensure effective access control. “Sniffer dogs have been deployed in three shifts to perform anti sabotage checks. Random frisking of passengers with the help of hand metal detectors is being carried out. Round the clock monitoring by CCTV of all vulnerable areas is also being done,” the statement added. He added that instructions have been issued to concerned departments to frequently check the dustbins, cloak rooms, parcels, parking area etc. “Interactive sessions with the coolies, vendors, taxi/auto rickshaw drivers have been organised to brief them to keep watch over suspicious persons and articles”.
