New Delhi, June 30
The government has accorded its final sanction for the deployment of an additional 5,000 CISF personnel to better guard the increasing network and burgeoning passenger load on the Delhi Metro network, officials said on Sunday.
They said the Union Home Ministry has also enhanced the security-command structure of the force, deployed at the mass rapid rail network, with the sanction of one more supervisory post in the rank of Deputy Inspector General (DIG).
With the new manpower, the Delhi Metro will become the largest single unit under the security cover of the Central Industrial Security Force in the country. The about 1.7-lakh-personnel force is a paramilitary that functions under the home ministry and is tasked to guard 61 civil airports of the country.
The Delhi Metro network, at present, has about 9,000 personnel deployed to guard about 270 stations over a 370-km network spread in the National Capital Region, including the adjoining cities of Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Faridabad.
Of the 9,000 CISF personnel in Delhi Metro security unit, about 7,000 are deployed on a regular or sanctioned basis while the rest are deputed on an ‘internal security pattern’ or loan basis to meet the increasing demand of manpower owing to opening of new routes and stations. — PTI
270 stations, 27 lakh passengers
- The Delhi Metro network is now spread across three phases with about 270 stations
- It witnesses a footfall of 27 lakh passengers daily
- The CISF is in charge of overall security, where it not only frisks commuters and scans baggage, but also provides anti-terror cover to the facility
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