The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) will henceforth firmly deal with stone pelting on passing trains by children, informed an official release.
It is found that in some cases, a few children and youths living near railway tracks sometimes indulge in stone pelting on trains as a game or just for fun thereby endangering lives of so many passengers.
Railway Protection Force of East Coast Railway has identified such places.
The RPF has deployed security personnel for track patrolling and are sensitizing parents to keep kids away from railway tracks.
RPF team led by Principal Chief Security Commissioner Raja Ram has devised a counselling to dissuade children from being engaging in such activities.
“Not only national property but also lives are at stake. We will deal with this menace firmly and with sustained efforts.” Ten such incidents occurred in 2018 that includes six in Bhubaneswar area, two in Cuttack area and two in Sambalpur Division. Similarly, in 2019, total 18 cases registered up to August where four cases in Jajpur-Keonjhar Road area, three each in Bhubaneswar and Visakhapatnam area and one each reported at Nergundi, Motari, Rambha, Solari, Balugaon, Ichhapuram, Koraput and Angul.
One person in 2018 and two in 2019, including one juvenile, have already been arrested in this connection.