History of Sealdah GRP

1857

Eastern Bengal Railway Company was registered in 1857 to establish railroad connection between Calcutta and Eastern part of undivided Bengal beyond Ganges(Padma). The first section was completed in January 1862 from Calcutta to Champahati. By May 1862 this extended to Port Canning. Ranaghat was connected in September 1862. Initially, the company was known as Eastern Bengal Guaranteed Railway and ran its trains on guaranteed lines. The guaranteed lines were constructed by companies formed in England, who raised their capital from their own shareholders under a guaranteed interest of 5 per cent, from the Government of India.

1869

The original Main Station at Sealdah, designed by Mr Walter Glanville was built in 1869.Subsequently, as Calcutta spread, large areas southern part of 24 Parganas became suburbanised and it became necessary to provide these new areas with railway communication. The lines radiating to Diamond Harbour (once the main port), Laksmikantapur, Canning and Budge Budge were known as the south section.

About us- Our Duties

Function of WB GRP

The Government Railway Police are responsible generally for the prevention and detection of crime on railways. The protection of goods-sheds, goods-wagons at stations and parcel offices is not duty of the Railway Police, but of the Railway Protection Force of the Railway.The duties of the Government Railway Police as regards the areas in their jurisdiction correspond in general to those of the District Police in the areas under their charge. The Government Railway Police have in addition the following special duties:

• To maintain order at railway stations and in trains.
• To report to the proper authorities railway or civil the commission of offences under the Railways Act, and cases of fraud or oppression on the part of railway personnel.
• To enquire into accidents on railway.
• To render assistance to railway officers and to the travelling public in so far as the rendering of such assistance is compatible with their own duties as Police officers.

The term "Order" duties comprises

• control of passenger traffic within station premises, especially on platforms, in booking offices, waiting halls, at entrance and exit gates and wherever specially required in emergencies by the station officials;
• control of vehicular and other traffic in station precincts;
• maintenance of order in passenger trains halted at stations and prevention of over-crowding in carriages;
• supervision of loaded passenger trains standing in station;
• arrest of persons guilty of committing nuisance, removal of persons suffering from infectious diseases and keeping of station premises clear of beggars;
• examination of empty carriages on arrival at terminal stations for property left behind by passengers and inspection of carriages with a view to seeing that fittings have not been tampered with;
• removal of bodies of persons who dies in trains or on station premises and conveyance to hospital of sick passengers;
• After Railway building 10 ft. From both outer line is the jurisdiction of GRP excluding factory area.

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Running Note on WB GRP

January 1, 1867

The Railway Police came into being in Bengal on January 1, 1867 to prevent theft, robberies and numerous other crimes committed on East India Railway which was operating in the Bengal Presidency consisting of not only the present day State of West Bengal in the Indian Union but the other States of Bihar, Jharkhand and parts of Odisha and Assam besides Bangladesh. However, realizing that the Bengal Police was protecting the property of commercial railway firm, a committee in 1872 commended separation of the railway police into two distinct parts, one for performing traffic duties and the other for carrying watch and ward duties. The latter has evolved into Railway Protection Force under the Ministry of Railways, Government of India. Government Railway Police (GRP) was further reorganized consequent to the recommendations of the second Police Commission

Post independence

Post independence, the West Bengal Railway Police has been functioning as a branch of West Bengal Police within the purview of Police Act V of 1861; it's functioning being guided broadly in terms of Police Regulations of Bengal, 1943. Initially it was headed by an officer designated as DIGP (Traffic & Railways), West Bengal with the office located at 9/1, Hungerford Street, Kolkata – 700017. In the year 1990, the post of IGP, Railways, West Bengal was created with the office at the same premises. The year 2000 marked the separation of Traffic from Railways as a separate establishment in West Bengal Police and creation of the post of ADGP, Railways, West Bengal who started functioning with effect from 16th June, 2000 with office at ‘Shantiniketan Building', 8, Camac St.

May, 2013

In may, 2013, entire Railway Police establishment was shifted to ‘New Secretariat Building' at 1, Kiran Shankar Roy Road, Kolkata – 700001 and set up as ‘Government Railway Police Headquarters, West Bengal' as an Integrated Headquarters headed by the Additional Director General of Police, Railways, West Bengal. He is assisted in his tasks by the IGP, Railways, West Bengal who heads the Railway Police Zone and DIGP, Railways, West Bengal who is the Range DIGP for Railway Police in West Bengal.

West Bengal has nearly 4000 Kms of Railway tracks which have 715 Railway Stations and Junctions through which almost 3,000 trains originate/pass through or terminate and on an average 4.5 million passengers travel through this State, on 454 Mail / Express / passenger trains and 465 Local Trains every day, it is very important aspect of ensuing mobility through this strategically located Frontline State which has International boundaries with three South Asian countries and the entire North Eastern Indian being connected through it. This is achieved through the 44 Railway Police Stations (GRPSs) and 84 Railway Police Posts (GRPPs) of the four Railway Police (GRP) Districts of Sealdah, Howrah, Siliguri and Kharagpur.

The sanctioned strength for this Branch of the State Police is 5570 while the actual manpower available at the end of March, 2018 was 3341. The concerned Zonal Railways have to bear the cost of 50% of the cost of employment upto the rank of SRP. Besides the Crime and Accounts Sections, this hwhrs also maintains a Railway Police Control Room to effectively coordinate the functioning of the 04 GRP District and their field units as well as to timely disseminate information to the senior officers of this hwhrs to enable them discharge their functions effectively. It also helps in the liaison and coordination with RPF and Railway authorities.

Sealdah GRP District at a glance

Area of the Sealdah GRP District near about 702.31 Km.area adjoining with (1) Kolkata (2) South 24 Parganas (3) North 24 Parganas  4) Nadia and 5) Murshidabad districts. There are 14 GRPSs, 13 GRPPs, 2 ICPs, 05 GRP IC and 04 Camps under its control to maintain Law and Order.

          Nearly 20 Lakhs daily use railway for journey daily.

One SRP, Four Dy SRPs and Twenty one Inspectors are sanctioned for supervision works. On the other hand 141 Sub-Inspectors, 241 Asst. Sub-Inspectors,  08 Asst. Sub Inspector (MT) , 1200 Constable and 65 Lady Constables are also sanctioned.

          204 Railway stations are situated within the jurisdiction of Sealdah GRP District. Kolkata Railway Station has come up since 2006 as an important station next to Sealdah Railway Station.

          856 (Up & Down) Local Train and 117 (Up & Down) Mail/ Express Train are plying from Sealdah R/S and Kolkata Terminal R/S.

There is no interstate border with Sealdah GRP District but there is international border at Petrapole & Gede. Two ICPs namely Gede ICP and Petrapole ICP are situated at the border. Petrapole ICP is under supervision of an Inspector of Police as ICP Petrapole and Gede ICP is now under charge of a Sub-Inspector of Police as OC Gede ICP.

At a glance Sealdah GRP District

5. Area of the District                      :702.31 Km.
5. Total Number of GRPSs               : 14
5. Total Number of GRPPs               : 13
5. Total Number of GRP IC                   : 05
5. Total Number of ICPs                   : 2
5. Total Number of Dy.SRPs            : 4
5. Total Number of IRPs                   : 3
5. Volume of Passengers                    : Nearly 20 Lakhs daily (approximately).
5. Total Number of Rly. Stations      : 204
5. Total Number of Rly. Jn. Station : 11

5. Adjoining Districts :

1) South 24 Parganas.  

2) North 24 Parganas.  

      3) Nadia.   

      4) Murshidabad.

5.  Adjoining Police Commissionerates :

i)  Kolkata,

 (ii) Bidhannagar

 (iii) Barrackpore.

Succession List of SRP