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KOCHI: Though the City police are yet to formally announce a high alert in the city, the force is ready to meet any exigency and has a full protocol ready. No sabotage threat that calls for triggering the counter-mechanism has been sounded in recent times, a senior police official said here on Tuesday. There were media reports of the city having threats from terrorist organisations and key spots such as the Naval Base being put under high security. "During high alert situations, the district administration will be alerted. All the hospitals in the city and voluntary organisations will be readied to meet a crisis situation. None of this has been done in this instance," said A.V. George, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Special Branch). All vital institutions such as Kochi Refineries Limited, Cochin Port Trust and the Naval Base have their own internal security mechanism in which the City police are also participants. These institutions do regular mock drills, along with the City police, to plug any flaws and improve the response time in crisis situations. According to the existing scheme, the entry and exit points along city borders will be sealed immediately by the police by installing naka-bandhis to monitor the traffic going in and out. It will take only half-an-hour to mobilise the force, Mr. George said. During the second phase, installations such as water reservoirs and transformers will be given protection by armed guards. All the police stations have maps, complete with vital installations, and personnel can be posted in no time, he said.The force is now planning to bring in residents' associations to improve the monitoring process. According to the present system, lodges and hotels will be checked once a high alert is sounded. The associations can chip in valuable information regarding the presence of outsiders in the city. Though the Fire and Rescue Services, one of the main auxiliary forces to be readied for a crisis, claims that it can swing to action in no time, the force is troubled with lack of infrastructure facilities. "The traffic on our roads has swelled to such an extent that it is now hard to reach the spot quickly. Ideally, the traffic police are supposed to clear the way for our vehicles, but how far this is practical is another issue," said E.B. Prasad, Divisional Fire Officer.
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