Warangal would soon have the State’s second biggest police headquarters integrated command control centre and public interference facility, the foundation for which was laid by by Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari and Home Minister Nayini Narasimha Reddy here on Monday.
Police Commissioner G. Sudheer Babu said the structure, equipped with the latest technology, would be built on five acres and the police housing board would come up on 89,000 square feet of land.
Along with the Commissioner’s office, the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, City Special Branch, City Crime Record Bureau, armed reserve, communications, and city security wings would be accommodated in the building. Around 15,000 closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras, which were installed in the Commissionerate area, could be accessed here.
Speaker Madhusudana Chary, Director General of Police Anurag Sharma, Tourism Minister A. Chandulal; MPs P. Dayakar and A. Sitaram Naik, and MLAs D. Vinay Bhaskar, A. Ramesh and Ch. Dharma Reddy also attended the stone laying ceremony.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Srihari said the State government was working towards developing Warangal on all fronts. The Telangana police are great at tackling naxalites and terrorists in the country. “The police is making use of the latest technology and working towards maintaining law and order,” he said.
Mr. Reddy said the Telangana police was an inspiration to the nation. “Since the past three years, the police has played a very important role in building Telangana into a successful State. The government too is working towards strengthening the department by providing latest weapons and equipment,” he said.
‘Closer to people’
The DGP said after the creation of Hyderabad, Cyberabad, and Warangal commissionerates, the police have become closer to the people, which has also decreased the crime rate.
“Keeping this in mind, nine more commissionerates were created in the State,” Mr. Sharma said.
