Over 6,000 RPF personnel, 1,000 coaches ready for LS election

March 19, 2014 13:16

Gearing up for Lok Sabha polls, the Railways has kept 75 companies of RPF ready for deployment in various parts of the country during the election time.

One RPF company consists of about 90 personnel. Railway has also provided about 1,000 coaches for the movement of polling staff and security personnel to poll-bound areas.

There are total 6,750 RPF personnel and about 50 trains having 1,000 coaches being made available for the polling exercise, a senior Railway Ministry official said.

The deployment of RPF personnel is more this time as compared to the last Lok Sabha elections in 2009.

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