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Indian Railways Boosts Women Safety With Meri Saheli Team
- •Northeast Frontier Railway has deployed special Meri Saheli teams at 22 key stations to ensure the safety and dignity of female passengers.
- •RPF personnel provide security escorts on an average of 45 trains daily across the entire zone to reinforce passenger safety.
- •Special drives against male passengers entering women's compartments led to the apprehension of 2,466 individuals between January and September 2026.
- •Under the Matrishakti initiative, RPF personnel have assisted in emergency childbirth incidents on railway premises.
- •The Nanhe Farishte initiative successfully rescued 591 children from trains and railway premises during the same period.
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The 'Meri Saheli' initiative involves deploying special teams at 22 key stations of the Northeast Frontier Railway to interact with female passengers, especially solo travelers, providing them with necessary assistance and reassurance to ensure a safer and more comfortable journey.
RPF personnel provide security escorts on an average of 45 trains daily across the entire Northeast Frontier Railway zone, which includes 13 mail or express trains manned by mixed escort teams comprising both male and female RPF personnel.
A total of 591 children, including 387 boys and 204 girls who were running away from home, abandoned, destitute, or missing, were rescued from trains and railway premises between January and September 2026 under the 'Nanhe Farishte' initiative.
