Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday said Telangana was ready to share its technology with neighbouring states for improving policing, while stressing the need for strong cross-border coordination to make South India safer. He was speaking after inaugurating Southern Regional Police Coordination Committee (SRPCC) at Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC). “It is your responsibility to make South India safer and ensure it has the lowest crime rate by developing strong mechanisms for cross-border coordination between police headquarters,” Revanth said. During a closed-door session on terrorism, the post-Maoist situation and Gen Z protests, officers from southern states deliberated on the issues, with Telangana intelligence deputy inspector general of police (counter-intelligence) R Bhaskaran making a presentation. Earlier, during a discussion on best practices adopted by the respective states, Karnataka DGP MA Saleem appreciated the assistance extended by EAGLE director Sandeep Shandilya in helping Karnataka police set up Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF). Describing Telangana as a frontrunner in anti-narcotics measures, Saleem said, “We have a young ANTF, which is just a year old. We received most of the assistance from Sandeep Shandilya in setting up the force.”Sharing Karnataka’s experiences, Saleem explained how the state collected data from 1.91 crore households and recorded residents’ details to build profiles of the population. “All the details of the people will be available to the respective police stations. This helped us identify vulnerable people, such as senior citizens and those living alone. Beat constables visit them and take appropriate measures to address their problems and improve their security. Going a step further, we made the contact details of concerned beat constables responsible for each area by sharing them with every household, enabling residents to reach out to them in case of any problem. This outreach helped us gather more information,” the Karnataka DGP said.Telangana DGP CV Anand outlined the various challenges the state had faced over the years, including Maoism, and explained how the state police had evolved solutions to address these changing challenges. He also spoke about the restructuring of police personnel, including the downsizing of the workforce in the anti-Naxal wings — Special Intelligence Bureau and Greyhounds. Telangana Traffic Management, Road and Rail Safety Bureau (TG-TMARS) was recently established and is expected to begin operations soon. “Our teams have visited Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and other states that have been pioneering efforts in this area. After returning with inputs, we discussed with the CM, and it was his initiative that led to the setting up of this bureau. Nearly 40% of the traffic fines collected will be allocated to TG-TMARS,” Anand said. He also explained how I-CCC was being used for disaster management and statewide CCTV coordination.
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