Earlier, the Railway Board had empowered general managers of its zones to engage government security agencies like home guards, Maharashtra Industrial Security Force in core areas of railway security to the extent of vacancy in the Railway Protection Force to secure its premises
या आधी रेल्वेने आपल्या विभागीय व्यवस्थापकांना रेल्वे मालमत्तांच्या रक्षणासाठी होमगार्ड, महाराष्ट्र औद्योगिक सुरक्षा दल अशा सरकारी सुरक्षा संस्थांची मदत घेण्याचे अधिकार दिले होते.