Hyderabad: A high-level Security Coordination meeting was held on Tuesday under the Chairmanship of Telangana DGP Anjani Kumar to successfully conduct the most prestigious G-20 Working Group meetings to be held here from January 28 to June 17.

The meeting was attended by senior police officers of the state, Airport Authority of India, Regional Passport Office, NDRF, SRDF, CISF, NSG and other security related departments.

The G-20 Security Coordination Committee has decided to work in coordination, a release from the DGP office said.

Speaking on the occasion Anjani Kumar said that besides covering two-thirds of the world’s population, the most prestigious meeting of the heads of the G-20 countries, which are members of 29 countries that account for 85 percent of the world’s GDP and 75 percent of global trade, will be held in the month of September under the leadership of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

He said that 215 working group meetings are being held in 56 cities of the country ahead of this summit. As part of this, six meetings will be held in Hyderabad.

While the first meeting will be held on January 28, working group meetings will be held on March 6, 7, April 26, 27, 28, June 7, 8, 9, June 15, 16 and 17 under the auspices of various ministries.

He said that Ministers, Secretaries, Joint Secretary level officials and representatives of voluntary organizations will attend these meetings.

Anjani Kumar said that coordination between various security departments is necessary to conduct these meetings smoothly and without any security problems.
As the high-ranking delegates attending these meetings will also have the opportunity to visit popular tourist areas in the city, it has been suggested that extensive security measures be taken in those areas.

For effective coordination in this regard, internal WhatsApp groups should be formed and information should be provided from time to time.

Everyone who attends these meetings is asked to carefully check their antecedents.

Police commissioners of Hyderabad and Cyberabad have been ordered to make extensive arrangements mainly at the airport, hotels where the delegates stay and meeting areas.

He said that special control rooms should be set up in the city along with the airport.

Additional DGs Abhilasha Bisht, Sanjay Kumar Jain, Swati Lakra, Vijaya Kumar, Nagireddy, Stephen Raveendra, Cyberabad Police Commissioner, Vikram Singh Mann, Addl. CP (Law & Order) Hyderabad, and among other senior officials attended the meeting.

(With UNI inputs)