Troopers to guard Klang Valley’s LRT and MRT tracks from cable theft? There’s no express point out of that worsening drawback, however the newly-formed Skuadron Speedy Rail 50 Rejimen Pakar Keretapi Rejimen Askar Jurutera Diraja (RAJD) Askar Wataniah (AW) will help in defending our city rail community.
Defence minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin stated that the squadron is a brand new strategic initiative that integrates defence experience with the nation’s city rail system. It’s additionally an indication of the federal government’s dedication in strengthening the safety of vital nationwide infrastructure.
“The institution of this squadron displays the continual dedication of the defence ministry in making certain operability and security of strategic public transport infrastructure, to make sure that it’s all the time on the optimum degree, not solely in peacetime, but additionally when dealing with disaster conditions or security threats,” Khaled stated at this time on the squadron’s launch, reported by Astro Awani.
“The city rail system together with the LRT, MRT and Monorail is amongst vital nationwide infrastructure that helps the each day mobility of the rakyat, and likewise the economic system. So, the institution of the squadron contributes on to nationwide safety by making certain that the rail system is protected in all conditions, together with for nationwide disaster administration and accessibility of navy operations,” he added.
The squadron totally consists of Askar Wataniah members who’ve skilled experience in rail, engineering and transport operations. It doesn’t contain extra everlasting posts however utilises present experience as a strategic value-add to nationwide defence, the minister stated. There are 33 officers and 191 members of AW within the squadron.
“In an emergency or disaster scenario, the squadron will likely be mobilised to help in rail operations restoration, engineering help, incident facet administration and coordination with safety companies and the rail operator,” Khaled defined.
In December, Prasarana stated that cable theft is disrupting Speedy KL rail operations, immediately affecting hundreds of thousands of commuters within the Klang Valley. That is along with losses of RM20.6 million previously three years. Delays apart, there’s additionally the protection concern.
The operator of Speedy public transport stated that final 12 months noticed a 68% improve in circumstances of cable theft. The pattern is spurred by demand and the market worth of the cables, particularly the copper inside, which makes it profitable to syndicates. Right here’s hoping that the brand new AW squadron is an efficient deterrent. Full story right here.
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