Fool-proof security, including access-controlled passenger entry, baggage scanning, CCTV cameras and other surveillance will be in place, the HMRL stated.
The Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) has assured that airport-level security would be provided at all Metro stations.
"Fool-proof security will be in place, including access-controlled passenger entry, baggage scanning, CCTV cameras and other surveillance," HMR MD N V S Reddy said during a meeting on Security Plan for the Hyderabad Metro Rail project on Wednesday with Hyderabad Commissioner of Police M Mahender Reddy and other top police officials, security experts, L&T officials etc. at the office of the Hyderabad Commissioner of Police.
Reddy said that passenger security would be the topmost priority of the HMRL, and would be ensured through access control and installation of CCTVs at all stations, sensors and alarms for monitoring of unmanned areas, checking and frisking of passengers at concourse gates, installation of intrusion detection systems, on-board surveillance through video recording in trains, anti-sabotage checking etc.
The security arrangements for the Metro rail stations, parking and circulation areas, viaducts and tracks, trains, depot areas, vital installations and machinery, Operations Control Centre (OCC) etc. were discussed at the meeting.
Security arrangements already in place at different Metro Rail systems like Delhi, Bengaluru etc. were also discussed.
The CCTV system will cover platforms, concourses, ticket counters, parking areas, skywalks, viaducts, entry / exit areas to stations, and the trains themselves.
The security arrangements are being finalised in consultation with the Hyderabad Police with guidance from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Various options were discussed, and the final requirements will be worked out soon.
Retired senior IPS Officer and counter terrorism expert K C Reddy presented a report in this regard.
Additional Commissioner of Police (Law & Order) Anjani Kumar, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Jitender, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crimes & SIT) Sandeep Shandilya, Inspector General of Police (Intelligence) Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat, Project Director of L&T MRHL M P Naidu and other senior government officials attended the meeting.(INN)