Agreement was signed between RailTel’s subsidiary RailTel Enterprises Ltd and Indian Railways on 24th March, 2017 for providing Video Surveillance System at 983 Railway Stations.
- The project cost is ₹ 500 crore and ₹ 295 crore have been allocated for the same under Nirbhaya Fund till 2021-22
- As on date, 309 Railway Stations have been provided with Video Surveillance System and remaining 674 Railway Stations have been targeted for completion by October, 2022.
- This information was given by the Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on 23 July 2021.
About RailTel:
RailTel, a “Mini Ratna (Category-I)” Central Public Sector Enterprise is an ICT provider and one of the largest neutral telecom infrastructure providers in the country owning a Pan-India optic fiber network on exclusive Right of Way (ROW) along Railway track. The OFC network covers all important towns & cities of the country and several rural areas.
- Presently, the optic fiber network of RailTel covers over 55,000 route kilometers and covers 5,677 railway stations across towns and cities in India.
- RailTel is an ISO certified company.
- Its operations are certified with various certifications including ISO 9001:2015, ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018, ISO/IEC 27001:2013 and CMMI Level-4 for its quality management systems, information security management systems, and service management systems, respectively RailTel has a strategic relationship with the Indian Railways and it undertakes a wide variety of projects including provision of mission critical connectivity services such as video surveillance system at stations and within trains, ‘e-Office’ services and implementing short haul connectivity between stations and long haul connectivity to support various organizations within the Indian Railways.
- RailTel also undertakes various passenger services including content on demand services and Wi-Fi across major railway stations in India.
Source: PIB-Press Release | Image Credit (representational): MoR
