Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on the occasion of the 52nd anniversary of the birth of Railway Protection Force (RPF) in New Delhi on Wednesday said the Railways would soon be hiring over 24,000 jawans to enhance security in trains and railway stations.
Yadav also awarded the Presidential police medal to the RPF's very first female officer Jaya Singh Chauhan and a posthumous award to RPF co-director B. K. Rai who died in the line of duty.
The Railways would constitute a committee to explore the needs for more reservation centers in all metro areas and would invest more money in the modernization of railway equipment and facilities, the Railway Minister said.
Yadav also accorded the status of National Training Center to the Jagjiwan Ram RPF Academy in Lucknow saying this would allow the center to obtain more central funding to further strengthen its functioning and operations.
(Source-Patnadaily,24/11/06)
