New Delhi: In the latest development related to the security in and around Parliament premises, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has set up a seven members joint survey team to conduct a re-survey of the Parliament House Complex to deploy additional CISF personnel for taking over duties of Parliament Security Service (PSS).
However, in the last five months, more than 3,200 CISF personnel have been deployed for the Parliament security and other emergency services replacing the Delhi police. According to sources, “Communication, anti-sabotage, command and control wing, as well as dog squad, are also getting replaced by CISF,” sources said.
In a letter issued last week by deputy secretary to Government of India CS Thakur, DIG CISF Ajay Kumar has been appointed as the chairman of the team with the responsibility to coordinate with the other members of the joint survey team and furnish a report on security requirements at the earliest.
According to the letter, a copy of which is with ETV Bharat, the team will scrutinise and examine the proposal of taking over all 16 duties of PSS, including access regulations for MPs, VIPs, senior government functionaries, staff at the iron gates, building gates and Talkatora gates, regulation and coordination of VIP movement inside the complex, access control in the lobbies and galleries, inside public galleries-movement regulations and discipline, coordination with other security agencies, rehearsal of drills, security arrangements during the presidential address and other functions among others.
Apart from DIG Kumar, other members of the team include Amandeep Singh Dhaliwal, commandant CISF; Brij Raj, deputy commandant in CISF; Narendra Singh, 2IC/SSF, MHA; one representative each from IB, Delhi Police and Parliament Security.
