File photo: Crackers bursting diwali
With Diwali fast approaching, Railways have geared up to prevent carrying crackers in passengers, mail and Express trains.
Carrying inflammable items in train journey is strictly prohibited and the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has formed a special squad to keep a strict vigil on carrying inflammable items in trains for the safety of the passengers during ensuing Diwali, ECoR said in a release on Friday.
Carrying of inflammable objects like crackers, gas cylinder, acid, petrol, kerosene during train journey is a punishable offence under the Railway Act 1989 and the offender may get an imprisonment up to 3 years.
To make the train journey safer, ECoR has urged passengers to be careful and not to carry and also not let their co-passengers carry inflammable objects while travelling on trains, it said.
If any passengers is seen carrying inflammable items, the co-passengers are requested to inform on duty railway staff like TTEs, Coach Attendants, Guards of the Train, Station Managers, Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel to save the train passengers from danger.
Passengers can SMS or call Help Line Number - 8455885777 and 8455885999 or 182 to report any incident concerning carrying crackers on train.
Steps have been taken by the Safety Department of East Coast Railway to make the train passengers and rail users aware of the dangers of carrying crackers and explosive substances.