South Central Railway, State departments to coordinate on crowd control measures

SCR has announced that a joint action plan has been drawn with State government departments for managing crowd during the forthcoming festival season with special focus at Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Cherlapalli, Lingampalli and Kacheguda stations.

It was decided that the RPF and GRP will step up patrolling, frisking and anti-sabotage checks, while local police will assist in crowd dispersal and law-and-order duties during the festival season. The traffic police have been tasked with regulating vehicle movement, enforcing no-parking rules, and earmarking dedicated lanes for autos, cabs and buses to de-congest station approaches.

Special focus will be on choke points such as Secunderabad Platform-10 side, Cherlapalli Platform -1 entry road, and the Kacheguda temple approach. TGSRTC has been asked to run additional bus services during peak hours and late nights, besides deploying staff to guide passengers at bus bays. Increased bus movement towards less congested station sides has also been proposed to ease pressure on main entry roads.

Vande Bharat halt

Train No. 20102/20101 Secunderabad – Nagpur – Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express will be halting at the Manchiryal railway station from Sept.15 on an experimental basis on both directions, said a press release.