Railway cops to get master control room to streamline ops

Chennai: With rising passenger volumes, expanding rail networks and frequent security incidents exposing the limits of the existing radio-based communication system, the govt railway police (GRP) has proposed setting up an integrated master control room (IMCR) at its headquarters in Chennai. The facility is envisaged as a 24×7 nerve centre for railway policing across Tamil Nadu, bringing all field units onto a single, secure communication and monitoring platform.

The state has more than 1,600 GRP field personnel.