Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid the e-foundation stone for the integrated headquarters of the Delhi Police Special Cell in New Delhi. Built at an estimated cost of Rs 400 crore, the facility will feature a cyber lab, war room and advanced infrastructure to tackle narcotics and terrorism
Union Home Minister at the Raising Day Parade of the Delhi Police. (Pic/PTI)
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday laid the e-foundation stone for the integrated headquarters of the Delhi Police Special Cell. Home Minister Shah also described it as the country's "most modern centre" for tackling narcotics and terrorism.
Addressing the 79th Delhi Police Raising Day programme in New Delhi, Amit Shah said, "Today, the e-foundation stone was laid here for the integrated headquarters of the Special Cell to further strengthen the Delhi Police. The integrated headquarters of the Special Cell is being constructed at an estimated cost of around Rs 400 crore," as reported by news agency ANI.
Shah further said that the facility would be equipped with a state-of-the-art indoor firing range, a war room, a cyber lab, a training hall and advanced equipment to effectively counter crimes across the national capital.
The Home Minister also highlighted, "It will, in a way, become the country's most modern centre for tackling narcotics and terrorism. Equipped with a state-of-the-art indoor firing range, war room, cyber lab, training hall, and various advanced equipment, this headquarters will be fully modernised. I am confident that it will emerge as an ideal Special Cell headquarters for police forces across the country," as per ANI.
Amit Shah laid the foundation stone for 10 new projects
In view of strengthening the Delhi Police department, the Union Home Minister also laid the foundation stone for 10 new projects of the Delhi Police and inaugurated the first phase of the Safe City Project.
Shah, while briefing about the advanced system that will be ready in a few months, said, "An advanced Integrated Command, Control, Communication and Computer Centre (C4I), built at a cost of approximately Rs 857 crore, is being dedicated to the people of Delhi. Along with this, 11 district-level C3I centres and 75 police station-level C2I units will also be integrated into the system," reported ANI.
Shah said that under the first phase of a programme to connect the capital through 10,000 cameras, 2,100 cameras have already gone live. The process of integrating over 15,000 existing cameras across Delhi into the centralised system has also been completed.
Highlighting the Centre's record on internal security, Shah said the period from 2014 to 2026 would be remembered as a "golden era" for the country's internal security.
Shah says, “Violence in Kashmir reduced by 80 per cent”
Indirectly taking a dig at the opposition, Shah said that before 2014, three major challenges had persisted for decades: the situation in Kashmir, unrest in the Northeast, and Maoist insurgency across several states.
Referring to the abrogation of Article 370, Shah claimed that incidents of violence in Kashmir, the North-East and Maoist-affected areas had been reduced by up to 80 per cent.
He further added, "The day is not far when these three regions will become completely free from violence," as per ANI.
Amit Shah on Naxalism and Maoist insurgency
Talking about Naxalism, Shah added, "Maoist insurgency, which had spread across 11 states, had long been considered a major challenge to the country's internal security. However, I am glad to convey to the nation, through the people of Delhi, that we are very close to permanently freeing the affected regions from Naxalism," he said."I would like to once again assure the people that by March 31, 2026, we will succeed in freeing the entire country from Maoist violence. This will be a major achievement for our security forces," the Home Minister further added.
(With inputs from ANI)
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