Indian Railways: 895 Children Rescued By Railway Protection Force Under Operation ‘Nanhe Faristey’

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has rescued 895 children, including 573 boys and 322 girls, under Operation ‘Nanhe Faristey’ in September 2023.

RPF plays an important role in reuniting the children lost/separated due to several reasons from their family. In this regard, operation ‘Nanhe Faristey’ was launched.

Under the drive, many children in need of care and protection who came in contact with the Indian Railways in September, were rescued and handed over to concerned authorities before being restored to their families.

RPF, the security wing of the Indian Railways, is entrusted with the responsibility of security of railway property, passenger areas and passengers.

Human Trafficking and Operation: In order to have an effective counter to evil plans of human traffickers, anti-human trafficking units (AHTU) of RPF are operational at the post level (Thana level) over the Indian Railways.

These AHTUs are in regular touch with agencies and NGOs involved in preventing human trafficking and have assisted them in rescue of children being trafficked. In September, 29 persons were rescued from the clutches of traffickers, with arrest of 14 traffickers.

Operation “Jeevan Raksha”: Due to alertness and swift action by RPF, lives of 265 passengers who had come close to getting run over by trains were saved, at platforms and railway tracks in the month of September 2023 under operation ‘Jeevan Raksha’.

Women Security: Safety and security of women passengers has been an important concern of Indian Railways. In this regard, an initiative “Meri Saheli” has been launched to provide security to lady passengers in long distance trains, particularly those travelling alone or those who are vulnerable to crime.

Under this initiative, 231 Meri Saheli teams attended 13,071 trains and provided security assurance to 421,198 lady passengers during the month of September 2023.

The force has been working round the clock for providing safe, secure and comfortable travel experience to the passengers. It helps the Railways in providing safe freight transport service to its customers.

RPF has ably discharged the responsibility of protection of huge assets of the Railways, spread throughout the country, by taking preventive security measures and making efforts for detection of crime against railway property as and when they occur.

Further, RPF took action against the 6,033 persons who were travelling in the coaches reserved for the ladies during September 2023.

Action against touts and Operation “Uplabdh”: In this regard, 405 touts were arrested and legal action was taken against them as per law and future tickets valued Rs 36.43 lakh were seized.

Operation “NARCOS”: During the month of September 2023, 70 persons have been arrested along with seizure of NDPS valued at Rs 2.65 crore and the arrested criminals were handed over to empowered agencies for further legal action.

Emergency Response and Operation ‘Yatri Suraksha’: In order to redress security related complaints of passengers in distress and for immediate assistance, passengers can make complaint on Rail Madad Portal or through helpline No 139.

During the month of September, more than 28,000 complaints were received and appropriate necessary action was taken to resolve them.