Surveillance strengthened at Junction

Additional door frame metal detectors have been installed at vantage points in Tiruchi Railway Junction to step up security.

The door frame metal detectors have been procured under the Integrated Security Scheme (ISS) that was put in place to tighten security and surveillance at Tiruchi railway junction.

The Railway Protection Force sources here said eight door frame metal detectors had been installed additionally at vantage points in Tiruchi Junction, including one at the second entry in Kallukuzhi side.

Only three-door frame metal detectors were installed at Tiruchi junction which witnesses heavy movement of passengers during peak hours. The metal detectors form part of the mosaic of security equipment procured under the surveillance cameras-based ISS. Encompassing four key components such as the closed circuit television system, access control, personal baggage screening system, and bomb detection and disposal system, the ISS was implemented at Tiruchi Junction in March with the commissioning of some surveillance cameras.

Tiruchi was one of the major stations throughout the country to be brought under the ISS that was conceived after the Mumbai attacks in 2008.