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Railway Protection Force personnel are deployed for duty at passenger areas, train escorting duties, bandobast duties, evictions, special drives in ladies' compartments and disabled coaches and assistance to ticket checking duties.
Old-timers and train enthusiasts say the train, which started operations on March 6, 1977, from Madras, offered unmatched facilities to its passengers. It was faster than all other trains of its time, had a pantry car and a library, and showed movies in its AC coaches
CRS deals with matters related to safety of rail travel and operations, among some other statutory functions – inspectorial, investigatory, and advisory – as laid down in the Railways Act, 1989. The roots of such a body is in India's colonial history.
The CBI will probe criminal angles into the accident as the Railways suspect sabotage and outside intervention behind the accident.
Odisha government on Sunday clarified that it has no intention to hide the deaths in the Odisha triple train crash and the entire rescue operation was being conducted in a transparent manner.