A woman was killed and 14 others injured, when two low-intensity bombs exploded in a span of five minutes on two coaches of the Bangalore-Guwahati train at the busy Central Railway station today.
Currently, RPF escort about 1270 trains while GRP is being given the responsibility of about 2200 trains in the country.
“There are about 11,000 trains and all are not escorted. Escort is only given to certain trains which are passing through areas prone to Naxal or militant violence,” said the official.
Railways also have a dog squad to detect explosives at stations and trains.
Though the sanctioned strength of sniffer dogs is 460, currently railways have only 359 dogs. Steps are being taken to recruit more sniffer dogs, he said.
However, the official said besides the security system and sniffer dog, railways also depend upon the intelligence input on possible attack on certain route. But there was no input so far on Chennai blast.
