Less than 10% railway stations have CCTV cameras

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday informed Lok Sabha that railways has installed closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras at 686 stations out of the 7,349 railway stations in India which is less than 10 per cent.

“Online monitoring through CCTV cameras is done at passenger reservation centres as well as other areas of major railway stations, Goyal said while replying to a question.

"If any unlawful/suspicious activity is observed, immediate action is taken. Presently, prevention of entry of persons is not done by using CCTV monitoring. However, surveillance on persons indulging in suspicious/objectionable activities is maintained and intervention is made as and when the need arises," he said.

Of the 686 stations, Karnataka has CCTV cameras at 30 stations, 21 stations in Kerala have that facility, 156 are in Maharashtra.

In northeastern states, except Tripura and Nagaland which have one station each with cameras, and Puducherry have no stations with CCTV cameras, he said.