The Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel are always in the forefront and keep around the clock vigil in safeguarding not only railway properties, but also saving lives of Railway passengers with the help of others on duty Railway staff.
Central Railway (CR) RPF personnel, as a part of "Mission Jeevan Rakshak" have saved 86 lives so far over from April 2022 to March 2023, at times even risking their own life. Some visuals of these lifesaving incidents have become very popular in Print and Electronic Media and have gone viral on social media.
Out of these 86 incidents, 33 cases of lifesaving incidents registered on
Mumbai Division alone. Of the remaining cases, 17 each such incidents were registered on
Nagpur and Bhusaval Division,13 cases of lifesaving incidents on
Pune Division, and six case of lifesaving incident registered with
Solapur Division.
These soldiers of the Railway Protection Force face diverse security challenges such as crime against passengers and railway properties, extremist violence, obstruction to train movement, rescuing missing children and seizing narcotics in trains and railway premises, retrieving of passengers’ luggage etc. Amidst all this they keep a close watch on the safety of passengers.
The alert RPF in most cases, has saved the lives of those passengers, who are sometimes negligent and face danger while boarding or alighting running trains. At times lives have been saved while attempting suicide due to various personal reasons. But in the end, this act of lifesavers results in jubilation, happiness and gratitude beyond words towards the RPF personnel.
CR appeals to passengers not to put their life at risk by Boarding or Alighting from a Running Train. Please arrive at the station well in advance before the schedule departure of the train.
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