HYDERABAD: It took just 19 minutes for National Security Guard commandos to rush out of their regional hub at Trimulgherry, 15 minutes to reach the Hakimpet Air Force Base and another 30 minutes to get airborne for their destination.It is the response time in which the NSG commandos get ready to foil a terrorist attack.The NSG regional hub which has become fully operational, was inaugurated by Union home minister P Chidambaram on Monday. Speaking about the preparedness of the NSG, Chidambaram said the commandos should strive to further reduce the response time in case of any terrorist attack.“We cannot afford to waste even a second in a counter- terrorist operation,” he said.The Union government proposed to set up NSG regional hubs at Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai after the Mumbai carnage of November 26, 2008.Chidambaram asked the NSG officials to visit France and Russia to learn advanced techniques to counter urban guerrilla terrorism and militancy.The NSG hub in Hyderabad is the first one to be fully operational with all modern infrastructure and advanced training facilities.The Centre will take all measures to improve the NSG capacity building.It is also setting up a dog training and breeding centre for the security forces.“The Central Reserve Police Force, which is deployed across the country, itself needs 3,000 dogs for its operations,” the home minister said.NSG director-general R Medhekar said the regional hub got an administrative office, commando barracks, dog kennel and all other modern security infrastructure.“We are soon setting up a state-of-the-art training facility in 600 acres at Ibrahimpatnam. We want to train commandos for southern and western states,” he said. National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) chairman and managing director Vishnu P Das said the NSG regional hub spread over 22 acres, got all modern amenities.It was constructed by the NBCC within a short span of four months.NSG got only one training facility at Manesar till now.State home minister P Sabita Indra Reddy, directorgeneral of police V Dinesh Reddy and other senior officials of police and armed forces participated in the inaugural function.
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