Telangana wants Union govt to provide Rs 25 cr for police AET training in 2024-25

Hyderabad, Oct 8 (Representative) The Telangana Police Department is imparting training in Anti-Terrorism Tactics (AET) to the newly recruited police personnel through Greyhounds. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday appealed to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to release an additional budget of Rs. 25.59 crores, which is required for training in 2024-25. In view of continuing Left Wing Extremism (LWE), the Chief Minister also appealed to Amit Shah to reinstate the districts of Adilabad, Mancherial, and Komaram Bheem Asifabad in the list of LWE districts. These 3 districts have been removed from the LWE in the past. Reddy, along with senior officials who attended the Left-Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected states meeting held under the chairmanship of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi , appealed to the Minister to pay more focus on the security of the Telangana state, which is sharing the border with the LWE-affected states of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.

Considering the internal security, the CM urged the union home minister to set up CRPF JTF camps in Kondawai of Charla mandal of Bhadradri Kothagudem district and Alubaka of Venkatapuram mandal of Mulugu district. The CM requested the union minister to release a 60 percent central share of Rs. 18.31 crore, which has been pending for the last four years, to the SPOs. The CM requested Amit Shah to strengthen the police stations at Peruru, Mulugu, and Kannaigudem in Mulugu district and Palimela, Mahamutharam, and Kataram in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district on the borders of Telangana. The Chief Minister brought to the notice of the union minister that the centre has released insufficient funds of Rs 6.70 crore to Telangana for the Special Infrastructure Scheme ( SIS) and requested the release of Rs 23.56 crore for police forces training in tune with the advanced requirements.