The State Home Department in Maharashtra is gearing up for a significant overhaul of its top police leadership, including the position of Director General of Police (DGP) and Police Commissioners of Nagpur and Thane. The impending retirement of the current DGP, Rajnish Seth, on December 31 has prompted the department to commence the process of selecting his successor.A top rank official said that several prominent names have emerged as contenders for the esteemed position of State DGP. The frontrunner is Senior IPS Officer Rashmi Shukla, who currently serves as the Director General (DG) of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar is also a strong candidate for the role. Other notable contenders include Thane CP Jaijeet Singh, DG ATS Sadanand Date, DG Police Housing Sandeep Bishnoi, DG Railway Pradnya Sarvade, Additional Director of NIA Atulchandra Kulkarni, and DG State Security Corporation Bipin Kumar Singh, he said. He further stated that the State Home ...
Integrated security system at Gondia railway station |
First off block in Vidarbha to get Integrated Security System, ahead of Nagpur railway station which is not only biggest but also most busiest in the region
By Dheeraj Fartode
Gondia station of South East Central Railway (SECR) Zone will be the first one in Vidarbha to get the Integrated Security System (ISS), a highly sophisticated technology enabled security measure. While Nagpur station which is the highest revenue earner in region is still awaiting ISS though the same was sanctioned years back.Meanwhile, the ISS project at Gondia, the main station of Nagpur Division of SECR hopes to activate new set of security feature in first quarter of 2014, said Divisional Security Commandant (DSC) of SECR, Nagpur Division, D B Gaur.
Talking to ‘The Hitavada’, Gaur informed that SECR will be spending around Rs 2.5 crore for security of passengers at the railway station premises. The project feature includes new high quality close circuit cameras (CCTV) system, access control, personnel and baggage screening system, latest instruments for bomb defusing and disposal squads (BDDS).
The DSC further informed that the proposal was moved by SECR for sanction in 2008 and Railway Board nod came in 2009. Contracts for installation of cameras and other has been sanctioned. A salient feature of ISS at Gondia station will be dedicated control room at strategic location for round the clock monitoring through the CCTV based surveillance system. Trained RPF personnel will be deployed to ensure proper functioning of the ISS.
When contacted, Ibrahim Sheriff, Sr. DSC, Nagpur Division, Central Railway, said the ISS proposal for Nagpur station is well on track. We are waiting for approval from accounts department and the file is pending in Headquarters.”
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