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7.23 The survey report was placed before the Commission, wherein it desired that the draft
report be sent to the concerned Ministries/Departments of the Central and State Governments
for their response before it is published. Accordingly, the report was sent to all concerned.
Their response is still awaited. The Commission hopes that immediate action would be taken
by them on the findings of the study carried out by Action Aid.
C] Harassment of Women Passengers in Trains
7.24 The issue of harassment of women passengers in trains has been a subject of immense
concern to the Commission. In the annual report for the year 2002 – 03, the Commission
listed certain recommendations that it had made to the Railway Board as well as the followup action on those recommendations.
7.25 The Commission has noted the progress reported by the Railway Board. In a further
communication received from the Railway Board, it was reported that FIR forms in Hindi,
English and regional languages, such as, Telugu, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil
have been made available with the running and stationary staff. The printing of FIR forms
in other regional languages was under process.
7.26 As regards the depiction of graphics in coaches and designing of publicity material
relating to prevention of sexual harassment in trains was concerned, JAGORI, a Delhi based
NGO, was approached to prepare the necessary material. However, the material is yet to
be received from JAGORI.
7.27 So far as the training of the Probationers of the Traffic and Security Department was
concerned, the Railway Staff College at Vadodra has incorporated a module consisting of
two hours session on gender sensitisation in Group ‘A’ & ‘B’ Foundation courses and Advance
Management Programme. The Commission notes with concern that the Railway Ministry
is yet to implement some of the important recommendations made by it for bringing solace
and a sense of security to thousands of women passengers travelling by trains to different
destinations in the country. In fact these initiatives ought to have been taken by the Ministry
itself. The Commission intends to continue monitoring the compliance of its directions.
D] Rehabilitation of Destitute Women in Vrindavan
7.28 The Commission reported in its annual report for the year 2002-03 that it has been
engaged in efforts to improve the status of and uphold the rights of destitute and marginalized
women, particularly widows, living in the area of Vrindavan. In that report it had also
mentioned that the Commission had held two meetings on 23.8.2001 and 03.10.2002 wherein
a number of important decisions and suggestions were taken for improving the plight of
these women.
7.29 In order to monitor the progress of implementation of the decisions taken in those
two meetings, another meeting was held at Vrindavan on 4th July, 2003 under the
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