New Delhi, The Central Industrial Security Force has undertaken a major reorganisation of its country-wide field formations beginning November 1, with the creation of two new sectors on the west and the east coast to look after the security of the country’s 250 large and small sea ports, officials said on Sunday.
The aim of the exercise is to “align” the operational and administrative control structure of the paramilitary with the specific security requirements of India’s strategic, energy security and economic sectors like power, coal, steel, petroleum and natural gas, government buildings, museums, monuments, seaports and apart from mass rapid transit systems like the Delhi Metro. He added that this was a “timely reform” which will get operational from November 1 following concurrence from the Ministry of Home Affairs . “The functional reorganisation will improve operational oversight, promote sector-specific expertise, ensure greater uniformity in security practices and strengthen coordination with the ministries concerned, departments and installation managements,” he said. “For the nation, this reorganisation ensures that India’s strategic and economic assets are guarded by a highly specialised, sector-specific security apparatus,” the CISF said in a statement. Earlier reporting noted: Under the existing system, CISF units are largely supervised according to their geographical locations, even though the installations they protect have different operational requirements and security vulnerabilities.
Earlier reporting noted: The restructuring, approved by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), will introduce dedicated supervisory sectors for power, coal, steel, petroleum and natural gas, ports, government buildings, monuments and mass rapid transit systems. Earlier reporting noted: Under the new structure, the National Capital Region Sector will be renamed the Government Buildings, Museums and Monuments and Mass Rapid Transit System (GBMM & MRTS) Sector, headquartered in New Delhi.
