WR nabs 440 for crossing tracks

In the first four days of the drive "Anmol Jeevan"u00a0u00a0to curb trespassing, the Western Railway has caught 440 persons crossing tracks and collected a fine of Rs.1.25 lakh.

13 persons have been arrested and sent to jail. In Dadaru00a0 193 persons have been booked foru00a0trespassing offence.

The driveu00a0started from 28th January, 2009 at major stations involes 80 RPF personnel as well as 25 commercial staff.

Various measures and activities have been undertaken to curb trespassing, such as regular Public announcements at all stations, newspaper advertisements issued periodically and trespassing jingles played over the Public Announcement system and FM radio channels.

Iron bar fencing has been put up between tracks at all suburban stations and walls have been erected along railway boundaries.

As It is dangerous to cross tracks and it can take away precious lives and also that it is against the law, the evil of trespassing still continues.

Western Railway urges the public to value their lives and not cross tracks, but to use foot over bridges or subways provided, said Shyam Sunder Gupta, CPRO, western railway worth Rs 7.22 lakh were stolen from the house," police said adding that a house-breaking case has been registered and further investigation is on.