Keeping Pace with 2010 CWG, Haryana Preparing to raise Fourth Commando Unit

With an eye to the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Haryana will raise a fourth commando unit among a slew of steps being taken to beef up security in the national capital region (NCR), Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said Monday.

Speaking at the meeting of chief ministers on internal security, Hooda outlined the Haryana government’s plans to strengthen the police system in the satellite towns of Delhi - Faridabad and Gurgaon.

In order to strengthen the police system in the NCR, we have on Aug 1, 2009, created a Commissionerate of Police at Faridabad. This is the second Commissionerate of police in the NCR after Gurgaon. We are taking steps of raising a fourth India Reserve Battalion as a full commando unit, Hooda said.

Haryana has undertaken a drive to recruit 10,000 police personnel and has sanctioned new police stations for the vulnerable NCR region.

I would take this opportunity to thank the central government for allocating a fourth India Reserve Battalion to Haryana. I would like to place on record the request for one more India Reserve Battalion and one mahila (women’s) battalion to meet the challenges posed by the rapid economic expansion and the resultant population explosion in the NCR, Hooda added.

Haryana has created Quick Response Teams at the police station level and monitored by district police control rooms. These mobile units, comprising three-four police personnel each, are armed with weapons and protective gear and are stationed at strategic points round-the-clock.

For the mega cities in the NCR, Gurgaon and Faridabad, commando units have been placed at Bhondsi to serve as the Elite Response Unit and Special Intervention Unit, the chief minister said.