Vidhan Bhavan to get security makeover

In a major overhaul of security measures at the Vidhan Bhavan at Nariman Point,which houses the states legislature,the state home department has now cleared a Rs 5.5-crore proposal for upgrading access control and surveillance systems at the sensitive landmark.

In a major overhaul of security measures at the Vidhan Bhavan at Nariman Point,which houses the states legislature,the state home department has now cleared a Rs 5.5-crore proposal for upgrading access control and surveillance systems at the sensitive landmark.

A proposal had been sent to the home department by the Mumbai Polices Protection and Security Department for major upgrades in security at the Vidhan Bhavan. The overhaul was pegged at a cost of Rs 5.5 crore and it was cleared a few days ago, said a top Mumbai Police officer,who did not wish to be named. Among the measures proposed for increasing security were increased CCTV surveillance,a better access control system which would include turnstiles,airport-style baggage scanners and metal detectors and an increase in the height of the perimeter wall, said the officer.

A new visitor management system that involves issuing digitised photo-identity cards to visitors is also on the anvil. New watchtowers will also be set up along the wall,with revolving vantage points for round-the-clock surveillance. Concrete bunkers will also be built to replace make-shift sandbag bunkers.

Senior police officers pointed out that intelligence inputs in the past have said that the Vidhan Bhavan was on the terror hit-list.

A security audit conducted at the building in 2010 exposed serious loopholes in the security at Vidhan Bhavan and called the existing systems obsolete. It asked for a complete overhaul of existing security on an urgent basis.

The audit found that there was inadequate security staff posted at the building,the CCTV cameras and metal detectors were outdated and a proper log of visitors was not being maintained by the security staff.

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Vidhan Bhavan to get security makeover

In a major overhaul of security measures at the Vidhan Bhavan at Nariman Point,which houses the states legislature,the state home department has now cleared a Rs 5.5-crore proposal for upgrading access control and surveillance systems at the sensitive landmark.

In a major overhaul of security measures at the Vidhan Bhavan at Nariman Point,which houses the states legislature,the state home department has now cleared a Rs 5.5-crore proposal for upgrading access control and surveillance systems at the sensitive landmark.