ECoR installs scanners to detect hazardous items in railway parcels

Bhubaneswar, Nov 12 (UNI) East Coast Railway (ECoR) has commissioned modern parcel scanner machines at 10 major parcel offices across its three divisions to detect hazardous and prohibited items and strengthen security in parcel transportation. The scanners have been installed at five locations under Khurda Road Division - Bhubaneswar, Puri, Khurda Road, Cuttack and Berhampur; four under Sambalpur Division - Sambalpur, Titlagarh, Balangir and Kantabanji; and one at Rayagada under Rayagada Division. Installation work is underway at Kesinga and Bargarh Road in Sambalpur Division. The machines will screen booked parcels before they are loaded onto trains and help detect inflammable…