Zero Delay policy to be enforced across Hyderabad police commissionerates: Sajjanar
Hyderabad: Hyderabad City Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar directed officers to strictly enforce the Zero Delay policy, stating that jurisdictional boundaries must not hinder immediate police response or crime control.
Sajjanar issued the directive while chairing a high-level coordination meeting of the Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Rachakonda police commissionerates at the Telangana Integrated Command and Control Centre in Banjara Hills on Wednesday. Cyberabad Commissioner Avinash Mohanty and Rachakonda Commissioner G. Sudheer Babu, along with senior officials, attended the meeting to review urban security, traffic regulation and offender surveillance.
The commissioner said criminals often commit offences in one jurisdiction and move to another to evade arrest. Therefore, he stressed that the nearest police unit must respond instantly to any incident, regardless of jurisdiction. Sajjanar warned that delays caused by confusion over limits could help offenders escape.
He also instructed the three commissionerates to maintain joint surveillance on rowdy sheeters and habitual offenders. According to him, real-time intelligence sharing is critical, as offenders frequently change residences across commissionerate limits.
Zero Delay policy drives joint traffic and crime measures
The meeting also finalised several joint traffic enforcement measures. Officials decided to synchronise ‘No Entry’ timings for heavy vehicles across all three commissionerates and restrict their movement during peak hours. Police will stop such vehicles at city outskirts to prevent congestion.
In addition, the commissionerates will conduct coordinated drunk-and-drive checks at border points during weekends. The police will also launch a joint special drive to recover long-pending traffic challans by integrating their databases. Officials further agreed to coordinate traffic signal timings at border junctions to ensure smoother traffic flow.
The meeting resolved to work out a permanent solution to congestion caused by private travel buses operating within city and suburban limits. Sajjanar said police would adopt a unified approach and use technology to function as a single force against crime.
Cyberabad Commissioner Avinash Mohanty said the rapid expansion of the IT Corridor and Financial District required seamless coordination and integrated CCTV surveillance. Rachakonda Commissioner Sudheer Babu proposed forming joint teams to tackle organised crime and illegal activities, including ganja smuggling.
Senior officers, including Additional Commissioner of Police (Crimes) M. Srinivasulu, Joint Commissioners Tafseer Iqubal, D. Joel Davis and Gajarao Bhupal, and deputy commissioners from all three commissionerates, attended the meeting.
