East Coast Railway has formed a special squad to keep a strict vigil on carrying inflammable items
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Visakhapatnam: Railways have geared up its machinery to prevent carrying crackers in passenger and Mail/Express trains as Diwali is approaching. Carrying inflammable items in train journey is strictly prohibited. East Coast Railway has formed a special squad to keep a strict vigil on carrying inflammable items in trains for the safety of the passengers during upcoming Diwali.
Carrying of inflammable objects like crackers, gas cylinder, acid, petrol, kerosene, etc. during train journey is a punishable offence under the Railway Act 1989 and the offender may get imprisonment up to three years, said ECoR authorities. To make the train journey safer, ECoR has urged passengers to be careful and not to carry and also not let their co-passengers carry inflammable objects while travelling on trains.
If any passengers is seen carrying inflammable items, the co-passengers are requested to inform on duty railway staff like TTEs, Coach Attendants, Guards of the Train, Station Managers, Railway Protection Force (RPF) & Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel to save the train passengers from danger. Steps have been taken by the Safety Department of Waltair Division to make the train passengers and rail users aware of the dangers of carrying crackers and explosive substances.
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( Source : deccan chronicle )
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