Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has offered the state’s technology infrastructure and Integrated Command Control Centre framework to neighbouring southern states as police departments seek stronger coordination against cybercrime, narcotics, traffic violations and other crimes that cross state borders.
Reddy made the offer while inaugurating the Southern Regional Police Coordination Committee Meeting at the ICCC in Hyderabad on Friday. He called for a joint action plan among police headquarters and said continuous coordination was necessary because no state could become free of crime through isolated efforts.
“It is your responsibility to make South India safer and lowest in crime by developing strong mechanisms for cross-border coordination between police headquarters,” Reddy told delegates from the southern states, according to a report by Deccan Chronicle.
The Chief Minister said Telangana was ready to share its technological capabilities and the operating framework of its ICCC with neighbouring states. The proposal places technology-enabled information sharing and coordination at the centre of the region’s policing response, although the meeting report did not specify the systems, data protocols or implementation timeline that would govern the proposed collaboration.
Reddy highlighted several initiatives undertaken by the Telangana government, including HYDRAA, EAGLE and TG-SAFE, which he said focus on different categories of public safety and enforcement. He identified cybercrime, narcotics and traffic management as important areas requiring specialised attention, technology and training.
He also referred to the state’s Cyber Security Bureau and its work in recovering money for victims. According to the Chief Minister, Telangana ranked first in India in cybercrime performance during the Prime Minister’s PRAGATI review. He also said EAGLE received more than 80 per cent from the Central government for its work against narcotics, while Union Home Minister Amit Shah had congratulated Telangana officers for making the state “completely naxal-free”.
The meeting also discussed institutional changes within Hyderabad’s policing structure. Reddy cited the bifurcation of the city’s core urban police region into the Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Malkajgiri commissionerates, saying the division had produced benefits for the large commissionerate. The Chief Minister did not provide operational figures or performance comparisons for the three commissionerates in the account of the meeting.
Other measures mentioned included the recruitment of transgender people as Traffic Assistants in Hyderabad police, which Reddy described as the first initiative of its kind in the country. He also said HYDRAA was working to protect and restore lakes, water bodies and public assets, linking policing and enforcement with the management of urban land and environmental resources.
The government’s support measures for police personnel and their families were also outlined. Reddy said the Young India Police School had been created to provide education for children of police personnel, from Home Guards to director-general level. He added that ex-gratia payments for police personnel killed in service had been increased to between Rs 1 crore and Rs 2 crore depending on rank and service, with housing plots and compassionate employment for eligible bereaved family members.
The proposed southern coordination mechanism now depends on the action plan to be prepared by the participating police departments. The meeting report did not provide details of the participating states, the proposed schedule, or the administrative structure for sharing technology and operational information.
