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YSR seeks 14 more marine police stations for A.P.

Need to provide stations with speed boats, deep-sea equipment

Each police station to cover 50 km of coastline in State
Additional police force of 37,000 being recruited

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy has urged the Centre to sanction 14 marine police stations for the State’s coast in addition to the six already functioning now.

Speaking at the Chief Ministers’ conference on internal security in New Delhi on Tuesday, Dr. Reddy emphasised the need for providing the marine police station with sufficient infrastructure such as speed boats and deep-sea equipment. He said each police station would cover 50 km of coastline in the State.

He said the State was fully geared to tackle the threat posed by terrorism, in terms of updated systems and infrastructure for intelligence-gathering and to nullify terrorist modules. Explaining the measures already initiated by the State government, he said a new Organisation for Counter Terrorism Operations (OCTOPUS) has been set up.

Additional police force of 37,000 was being recruited of which 16,000 were already appointed. Police station level citizen’s committees in urban areas were being strengthened to identify militant movement. Commando force is planned to be posted in important cities and at key installations.

Jihadis’ pledge cited

Citing the jihadis’ pledge to liberate the erstwhile princely states of Hyderabad and Junagadh apart from Kashmir, Dr. Reddy said certain organisations have been fanning communal passions and creating a sense of insecurity among the unemployed youth in Hyderabad and neighbouring districts. the State police had successfully traced such organisations and persecuted them.

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