Telangana police showcases itself on ‘Suraksha Dinotsavam’ 

Telangana police showcases itself on ‘Suraksha Dinotsavam’ 

The Telangana police, represented by police commissionerates of Hyderabad, Rachakonda and Cyberabad, reproduced scenes similar to the Kartavya Path’s Republic Day parade, here on Sunday.

Several hundreds of police vehicles, of various utility, formed into a cavalcade moved in a circuitous procession from Tank Bund road - old Ambedkar statue – Liberty – Abids MJ Market – Charminar, and the return via MJ Market – Ravindra Bharathi - Iqbal Minar – Telugu Talli statue – Dr. BR Ambedkar Secretariat – Indira Gandhi rotary and Sanjeevaiah Park.

Ministers Mohammed Mahmood Ali, Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Director General of Police Anjani Kumar, Mayor Vijaya Lakshmi Gadwal, police commissioners C.V. Anand, D.S. Chauhan, M. Stephen Raveendra and others released colurful balloons and waved chequered flags to inaugurate the event.

‘Suraksha Dinotsavam - know your protectors’, on June 4, as the police described, was part of the Telangana State’s decennial formation day celebrations.

The combined representational fleet on the city roads on Sunday included service variants such as Vajra, mobile command and control vehicle, CLUES, camera-mounted vehicle, water cannon vehicle, SHE Shuttles, Traffic and Law & Order patrol SUVs, NDRF’s cranes, motorcycles of the State Fire Service, and Blue Colt motorcycles.

According to Home Minister Ali, the State government has accorded top priority to law and order, and it’s visible in ₹9, 500-crore budget allocated to the Home Department, almost double from what it was in the united Andhra Pradesh.

The launch of the modernised fleet by the State government immediately after the State formation, the officials said, has sent a clear and visible message on priority for efficient policing.