I had the opportunity to go through the ABIDE's "Plan Bengaluru202" on "Secure Bengaluru". This document mostly focuses on building the infrastructure for security and response to any terror threats. I am assuming this should apply to tackling natural calamities as well.
The Plan suggests:
- Stop political interference
- Establishment of Crisis Management Command and control Center (CMC3).
- City to be demarcated into Special Security Zones (SSZs)
- Computerization of RTOs and linking to Police Database
- Review and Upgrade the police combat weaponry
- Upgrade of state intelligent network
- New laws to punish even the activities that aids terrorist acts knowingly or unknowingly.
- Electronic surveillance and monitoring of SSZ CC
- Community/Neighborhood area policing
- ID cards with centralized database
- SOPs for command centers and crisis response
- Tightening up of coastal security
Seems a good beginning and would be of interest to know how fast the govt would implement the plan suggestions.
Syed
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Need to be more comprehensive!
The blue print on "Secure Bengaluru" needs to be much more comprehensive. My Initial comments are:
Syed
What do you do about this?
Under the caption "Despite early start, Transport dept gets no where", the New Indian Express has reported (page 3, 19th Jan) that the computerisation process in the dept has come to a grinding halt. As of today, only 9 out of the 56 RTOs in the state have been computerised.
According to the Commissioner for Transport and Road Safety, Mr Bhaskar Rao, the state cabinet had recently approved the tender for a smart card project. "Rose Marta", a Delhi based company has been awarded the contract.
The report adds that "When contacted, a senior official of the dept doubted the credibility of Rose Marta".
Well, need more be said? And, it is this dept that the police depends on to identify the owners of vehicles involved in all kinds of crime.
Muralidhar Rao
Urgent reforms required
Urgent state level reforms required in this regard have already been brought out at
http://bangalore.praja.in/blog/murali772/2008/12/30/state-level-reforms-linked-security-issues
The civil society needs to push for it with all its might.
Muralidhar Rao