Mumbaikars not satisfied with security measures at railway stations: CAG
Mumbai: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has blasted the Indian Railways for shoddy security arrangements at suburban railway stations in Mumbai. During inspection it also found deficiencies in passenger amenities at several stations.
The apex auditing body has also recommended establishing a separate organisation set-up for the suburban train services to increase organisational efficiencies in the concerned zones of the railways.
The CAG report – Report 14 of 2016 – Union Railways Performance Audit Suburban Train Services – focuses on the performance of Indian Railways on operational efficiency in providing adequate suburban train services including the efficiency in ensuring optimum utilisation of rolling stock and provision of requisite infrastructure; the adequacy of security and amenities provided to passengers availing of suburban train services and the efficiency in improvement of overall financial performance of the suburban train services.
According to CAG, passenger services of the Indian Railways are available on both Suburban and Non-suburban sections. While the non-suburban train services cover long distance trains, the suburban services are meant for short distances, normally up to 150 Km. to facilitate rapid movement of passengers within the cities, suburbs and extended suburbs.
