ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways will install CCTV cameras, walk-through gates and scanner at major railway terminals including Rawalpindi to improve safety standards.
Talking to APP an official of Pakistan Railway said, "The government is making all-out efforts to improve law and order, the CCTV cameras will help railway security personnel in monitoring the movements of suspicious people, especially terrorists," he added.
The cameras would be connected to a computer room at the railway station that would also help the authorities take action against violators of the ban on smoking, he added.
About the future plan of Pakistan Railways, he said around 275 new locomotives would be added in fleet in order to improve its efficiency.
He said that container service for Prem Nagar Dry Port was running successfully, while the service had recently been started at Faisalabad Dry Port.
The sources said that around 60 used locomotives were being overhauled which would render further 15 years of quality performance.
The project for doubling of track between Lodhran and Lahore will be completed by December 2012 and would reduce travel time substantially, he added.
The freight operations service has been re-started with more dedication and it will be stepped up with induction of additional locomotives after repairs, he said, adding, "Emergency plan to repair defective locomotive is in place and work is being executed on war footing."
The government has allocated an amount of Rs 23 billion in budget 2012-13 for rehabilitation and upgrading infrastructure and acquisition of rolling stock in order to improve service delivery for the convenience of the traveling public.
Punctuality of the intercity passenger service between Rawalpindi-Lahore and Lahore-Faisalabad trains is monitored regularly to ensure passenger convenience, he said.
"Around 2,150 acres of railways land worth more than Rs 2 billion under illegal encroachment has been got vacated from illegal occupants," he maintained.
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