Hyderabad: Mahmood Ali inaugurates police stations in south-east zones

Hyderabad: To provide better infrastructure facilities to the police stations, the buildings for housing the I S Sadan and Saidabad police stations in the South East Zone were inaugurated on Thursday. The Home Minister, Mohammed Mahmood Ali, inaugurated the buildings, along with DGP Anjani Kumar and City Police Commissioner CV Anand.

During the inauguration, Mahmood Ali stated that soon after the formation of Telangana, the Chief Minister had allocated budgets to the police department, fortifying law and order. He further mentioned that the Telangana police force is a role model for the country in terms of professional excellence, being at the forefront of maintaining peace and upholding law and order. He also praised the police officers for upholding the Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb in the city.

DGP Anjani Kumar commended the city police for handling multiple events throughout the year without any mishaps. He highlighted that the per capita income of the State has increased and many top MNCs are establishing their offices in the city. Kumar added, “We should be committed to making the city safer for future generations.”

CV Anand thanked the Chief Minister and the Home Minister for giving top priority to earmarking budgetary allotments to the police department. He recollected that, soon after the formation of Telangana, the monthly budget was allocated for the maintenance of police stations. Anand also appreciated the provision of modern vehicles, SHE teams, and infrastructure boost, which helped the police become a force to reckon with.

CP Anand spoke on recent population statistics, citing a steep rise in the increase of personal vehicles during the Covid-19 pandemic.

He explained that the visionary State government had carved out a megacity policing plan, leading to the reorganisation of the Hyderabad City Police into 7 law and order zones, 3 traffic zones, and several new law and order and traffic police stations, along with special units like H-NEW, Cyber Crime, task force, and SMIT.

The I S Sadan Police Station building is a G plus 3 structure, and the Saidabad PS building has two floors. All amenities are centered around enhancing public delight, with features including a reception desk, visitors' lounge, multiple cabins for officers, CCTV viewing centres, bell of arms, counseling rooms, meeting halls, and modern workstations. Additional CP L&O Vikram Singh Mann, Additional CP Traffic G Sudheer Babu, Jt CP M Srinivas, CAR M Ramesh P&L DGP Office, DCP South East Zone Ch Rupesh, DCP South West Zone Khare Kiran Prabhakar, DCP South Zone P Sai Chaitanya, DCP East Zone Sunil Dutt, and MLAs Ahmed Bin Abdullah Balala, Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri, Surabhi Vani, and others were present.