Central Railways (CR) is taking continuous efforts to curb misuse of the ACP system and sensitizing passengers not to pull alarm chains unnecessarily. A total of 122 cases of Alarm Chain Pulling have been reported in the Mumbai division between July 4 and July 17. Out of these, 102 cases have been registered and 71 offenders have been prosecuted under section 141 of the Indian Railway Act for pulling of alarm chain without sufficient or valid reason and an amount of INR 42,600 have been realized as a penalty.
Railways have provided an Alarm Chain Pulling (ACP) option in Suburban and Mail / Express trains for use during emergency purposes only. Of late it is seen that passengers are resorting to ACP for frivolous reasons like arriving late, alighting/boarding at intermediate stations etc. CR is keeping a close tab on such unreasonable ACP cases. In most of the cases, the offender is immediately nabbed due to the alertness of RPF, Ticket Checking Personnel and complaints/cooperation of other railway staff and passengers, but sometimes cases are registered against unknown persons also.
CR's appeal to passengers:
An alarm chain when pulled without sufficient reason or emergency, not only affects the running of that particular train but also has a cascading effect on the trains that run behind it. In a suburban system like Mumbai Division, this results in the late running of Mail / Express and suburban trains. Further, the misuse of ACP for the convenience of one or few passengers ends up causing inconvenience to other passengers.
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