5 days ago

Telangana Reorganises Hyderabad Police Jurisdictions After Municipal Boundary Changes

The Government of Telangana changed the map used by police in Hyderabad.

The changes affect the Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Malkajgiri commissionerates.

In total, 76 police units had their boundaries changed.

The goal is to match police areas with new municipal boundaries.

Officials said this should help police supervise areas and respond more quickly.

Some neighborhoods will now be handled by different police stations or zones.

A new Uppal zone and several divisions were created in Malkajgiri.

The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport police station was also renamed Shamshabad police station.

Key facts

Police units affected: 76 law-and-order, traffic, women-safety and cybercrime-related units
Commissionerates involved: Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Malkajgiri
New Malkajgiri zone: Uppal law-and-order zone
New Malkajgiri divisions: Uppal, Medipally and Alwal, plus a new Uppal traffic division
Abolished zone: Begumpet law-and-order zone
Airport station change: Rajiv Gandhi International Airport police station renamed Shamshabad police station
Other changes: Women police stations and zonal cyber cells were mapped to revised zones

deccanchronicle.com · 5 days ago