Hyderabad: Ahead of G20 Summit Working Group meetings to be held here from January 28 to June 17, the DGP’s office held a security coordination meeting on Tuesday to discuss the preparations for the summit.
The newly appointed DGP Anjani Kumar instructed the police commissioners of Hyderabad and Cyberabad to make extensive security arrangements, particularly at the airport, check-in locations, hotels, routes as well as the meeting locations. He stressed the need for stringent security measures to be maintained at all significant venues, including tourism hotspots, because dignitaries attending these meetings may choose to visit well-known tourist destinations while they are in the city.
The DGP also instructed top police officers to set up special control rooms in the city as well at the airport. Internal WhatsApp groups should be established and information should occasionally be shared in order to facilitate effective collaboration in this regard, he said.
Anjani Kumar mentioned that 215 working group meetings will be held in 56 cities nationwide ahead of the summit. As part of this, six meetings would be held in Hyderabad. While the first meeting will be held on January 28, working group meetings will be held on March 6, 7, April 26, 27, 28, June 7, 8, and 9 under the auspices of several ministries.
Senior state police officers as well as representatives from the Airports Authority of India, Regional Passport Office, NDRF, SRDF, CISF, NSG, and other security-related departments attended the meeting.
