Stone laid for Rachakonda Commissionerate building

Hyderabad: Home Minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali laid the foundation stone for the construction of new Rachakonda Police Commissionerate office's compound wall at Parvathapur in Medipally on Friday. The new Commissionerate would be built on 56 acres of land in Medipally.

Speaking on the occasion, Mahmood Ali said, "the State government is working to protect the peace and security of the State." He lauded the Telangana police for their wonderful work in implementing citizen-friendly police initiatives and their reach in serving poor people.

He said with the help of CCTV cameras the police were able to prevent crime and also there was an increase in detection of crime.

He stated that the new Commissionerate office being built on 56 acres in Medipally would stand tall in the whole country. He suggested that a Gurukul school may also be set up for the children of police officers.

He added that he was happy to lay the foundation stone of the Commissionerate's compound wall which is going to be built on the 56 acres land with an estimated cost of Rs 2.5 crore.

Later, he also visited Command and Control Centre built by Infosys Foundation at Ghatkesar Police Station integrating it with Community CCTVs.

Malkajgiri MP Revanth Reddy said that DGP Mahender Reddy's administration is excellent and that the State government has to set up residential schools from KG to PG on the lines of Army public school for police families to provide higher education to children of home guard to DGP.

He stated that he will work towards the release of funds from the Centre as the Commissionerate is under his jurisdiction.

Rachakonda Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat thanked Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for allotment of land and former MLA Medchal Sudhir Reddy, Collector M V Reddy for their efforts in land allotment.