Subsidised canteen for police personnel inaugurated at CAR headquarter

 CP Anand visited CAR Headquarter and performed the customary Ayudha Pooja and Vahana Pooja. Later he inaugurated the subsidised canteen for police personnel.

Defunct Cameras to become operational soon

 In a bid to enhance the operational efficiency of the vast CCTV network and resolve ongoing maintenance and connectivity  issues,  City Police Commissioner Mr.CV Anand held  a high-level review meeting with key stakeholders. D-CAMO team of HCP, ITMS, Safe City Project Management team , CCTV vendors, Internet service providers, officials from L&T,TGTS, Cyberabad & Rachakonda Police Commissionerates  attended this review meeting.

 The review focused on five major CCTV projects: the Hyderabad Safe & Smart City Project, Hyderabad Safe City Project, Community CCTV Cameras, Nenusaitham, and the Integrated Traffic Management System (ITMS).  During the meeting, a detailed assessment of field-level challenges, including the number of cameras under each project, their operational status, and connectivity to TGICCC, was conducted. CP Anand sought budget projections from all stakeholders for maintenance, connectivity, and other operational expenditures. An action plan was finalized to restore defunct cameras to operational status and replace those beyond repair. “The immediate priority is to make all existing cameras functional,” he stressed.

Rational work allotment to all vendors, quarterly review of CCTV projects,  budget issues, enhancing transparency & coordination, and other stats were discussed during the meeting. 

He reiterated that CCTVs are the backbone of effective policing, and said that they enhance public safety and crime prevention capabilities. “The extensive CCTV coverage in Telangana has garnered widespread recognition across the country.” he added.  

Bathukamma celebrations held at CAR Headquarter

 Manifesting the eminence of nature &  culture of Telangana - women officers of Hyderabad City Police celebrated the floral festival, Bathukamma, on a grand note at CAR head quarter here on Saturday evening. The women staff emblazoned the premises with beautiful exotic flowers.  

  The atmosphere was lively as the women officers starting from the rank of home guard to DCP and their wards clapped the hands in unison and sang Bathukamma songs around a huge flowery cone made specially for the purpose.  

              HCP Chief  Mr.CV Anand graced the occasion as chief guest along with his wife Smt.Lalita Anand  and extended his wishes .Along with senior officers he actively participated in the celebrations.  Kolatam, dances augmented the festive vibes. 

CP Anand recited his childhood memories of the floral festival.  “In those days festival was largely celebrated in the rural areas of Telangana. Ever since the State government declared  Bathukamma as state festival,   people in all regions started celebrating with gusto.”  he said. 

HCP hosted Round Table Discussion

 Hyderabad City Police successfully conducted the Round Table Discussion on DJs and Firecrackers in Religious Processions. It was a difficult meeting to organise with representatives of all political parties -Congress , BJP, BRS, MIM , MBT, CPI , CPM, MRPS, TDP, and representatives of all organisations like Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Committee, Khairatabad Ganesh, Balapur Ganesh , Milad Juloos Committee, Sikh Gurudwara Committee, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal, Sriram Navami utsav committee, Shivaji Utsav committee, all having been invited and all attended. MLAs Danam Nagender , Raja Singh , Moazam khan , ex MLAs Chintala Ramchandra Reddy , Pasha Qadri also attended and spoke.

CP Anand started the meeting with a presentation on the difficulties public is facing due to the use of DJ s and the 500% increase in complaints , showed them the video shots of the recent festivals where the loud decibel levels were demonstrated and the type of damage it’s doing was shown. He also explained the legal position wherein the CP #Hyderabad City is duty bound to take action on sound pollution and fire crackers. The voice recordings of various organisation leaders asking for ban on DJ s were played and the opinion of Doctors on the health of people was explained.

In all about 25 leaders and organisation heads spoke and almost all were in agreement that the time has come for decisive action on DJ nuisance as it is going out of control and also violates the basic practices of any religion. Some speakers expressed that some alternate employment to the DJ suppliers needs to be thought about , that a way to lock the sound levels of DJ s to the legal limits should be discovered while a few expressed the opinion that not on religious but DJ s and fire crackers should be banned even in function halls and political rallies.

Many expressed that Narcotics like Ganja is directly linked to this DJ culture and long periods of dancing abilities. Some said that education of the youth and police station wise meetings with them should be conducted. But , overall they agreed that police and Government should be supported to control this menace and promised to extend their support in every manner possible.

CP reviews H-NEW & Taskforce work turnout

 In a comprehensive review of the Taskforce and H-NEW teams, the City Police Commissioner Mr.CV Anand instructed for a full-scale crack down on  organised crime networks, including gambling, prostitution, cricket betting, and satta etc.,  He also instructed intensified action against gangs involved in fake goods and adulterated food products. He had a threadbare review on  zone-specific crime, gang rivalries, police man power and NDPS cases etc.,