The Railway Budget 2011-12 was presented by the Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Lok Sabha on 25 february 2011. It was mentioned here that as a result of sustained efforts, the index for train accidents decreased significantly from 0.29 per million train km in 2004-05 to 0.17 in 2009-10. The index dipped despite the increase in traffic from 16021 trains per day and 538 crore passengers annually in 2004-05 to 18820 trains and 720 crore passengers in 2009-10. The minister also declared that a GPS based Fog Safe device has been deployed and the device handled well the foggy weather without any untoward incident.
The budget spoke of the following measures to cater to security needs:
• The Ministry of Railways proposed to extend Anti Collision Device (ACD) to Eastern, East Coast, East Central and South Eastern Railways.
• The budget proposed two new trains and two projects as a special package to be given to states which ensure trouble-free train running for the whole year.
• An All India Security Help Line on a single number was set up to facilitate passenger security. The Help Line is expected to be operational by 2011.
• A comprehensive bill was drafted to empower RPF to deal with passenger related offences.
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