Burglar alarm installed in Tirumailai station complex

By P. Oppili

CHENNAI, SEPT. 12. A new burglar alarm system has been installed today at the Tirumailai Passenger Reservation System (PRS).

The power and battery operated system has four sensors to monitor people's movement. The sensors have been installed at four places inside the counter.

When an intruder attempts to enter the premises in the absence of officials, the activated warning bell will go off and would be audible to the RPF situated outside the station. The sound would continue for 180 seconds, say the railway authorities.

The remote-controlled alarm has three modes-panic sound, home and away. The panic mode can be used by the officials, when someone attempts to enter the premises during working hours. While opening the counters for the day, the home mode has to be used to de-activate it and the away mode is switched on while closing the counter after duty hours.

The new system gives total protection to the premises, said Mr. S. Rangan, reservation supervisor at the Tirumailai PRS.

Apart from the warning siren, the system is attached to four select telephone numbers-the local police station, the RPF post at Tirumailai, the Commercial Controller office and the Assistant Commercial Manager's office located at the Moore Market Complex.

Despite the alarm noise, the system will automatically dial the telephone numbers and a recorded voice from the counter-end will send an SOS to the receiving end.

The sensors are temperature-controlled, according to T.M. Jayakumar, reservation clerk. Even a mild change in the room temperature will automatically trigger the alarm, making the entire system ``all the more fool-proof''.

Senior railway officials said it is for the first time such a system has been tested and installed in the Chennai division of the Southern Railway. Plans are in the pipeline to install similar systems in at least 50 more stations in the division, they added.

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