No 'zeharkhurani' incidents on Holi due to tight vigil: North Central Railways

ALLAHABAD: The North Central Railways didn't witnessed even a single case of 'zeharkhurani' (poisoning the fellow passengers by way of criminals on board trains by way of befriending them and feeding them eatables laced with poison) from stations coming beneath its jurisdiction during Holi this 12 months. The railway government attributed this achievement to tight vigil and environment friendly crowd control.
Apart from this, NCR has additionally larger the income generated by way of catching ticketless passengers on Holi which was 28% greater than the ultimate 12 months, for the same occasion.

According to the CPRO (leader public relation officer) of NCR, GK Bansal, GM NCR, MC Chauhan had recommended the government to the extra vigilant with regards to checking the circumstances of zeharkhurani, which usually sign in an building up during the Holi season as a number of trains run jam filled with the passengers, particularly the ones coming from Delhi and Mumbai.

“As the directions of the GM was adopted in letter and spirit, there have been 0 circumstances of ‘Zeharkhurani’ of passengers even though there was a quantum leap in collection of passengers touring in trains during festive instances”, said Bansal.


The strict vigil and effective crowd control ensured that no peculiar incident happened in NCR basically and in Allahabad specifically, he added.


The enhanced degree of vigil is also mirrored within the information of ticket checking earnings of Allahabad division at the day of Holi, i.e. March 2, says the CPRO. “When in comparison to the day of Holi in 2017, (March 13, 2017), this 12 months, the earnings from ticket checking at the day of the festival had been 28.04% higher. This determine illustrates and supports the truth that enhanced vigil was kept at the festival and ticketless go back and forth was curbed to stop any discomfort to the ticketed passengers”, he added.


Curbing of ticketless go back and forth has additionally helped to strengthen the protection on trains and station premises and create synergy with the efforts of the RPF in this sphere.


In order to provide travelling area to the huge collection of passengers coming to/getting back from their homes at the festival, particular trains had been run with as many as 19 particular trains passing through NCR, that have considerably eased the pressure at the regular products and services at the festival.
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