A security cover comprising only women police personnel will be deployed at a mega event to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat’s Navsari district on International Women’s Day (March 8), a state minister announced on Thursday.
Hailing it as a “first such initiative in the country”, Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi said. “The Gujarat police is taking a unique initiative on the occasion of International Women’s Day. For the first time in the history of India, only women police will handle the entire security arrangement of the PM’s event – right from his arrival at the helipad at Vansi Borsi village in Navsari till the event venue.”
The women police personnel deployed will include officers of various ranks, from IPS officers to constables.
The prime minister is currently on a two-day visit to Gujarat and the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, during which he will address the ‘Lakhpati Didi Sammelan’ at Vansi Borsi village on Saturday.
“All women police personnel, including more than 2,100 constables, 187 sub-inspectors, 61 police inspectors, 16 deputy superintendents of police, five superintendents of police, one Inspector General of Police, and one Additional Director General of Police rank officer, will handle the security that day,” Sanghavi added.
Senior woman IPS officer and Home Secretary Nipuna Torawane will supervise the security arrangements, the minister said.
“This initiative will give a strong message to the world on Women’s Day and it will also convey how women are playing an important role in making Gujarat a safe and secure state,” he said.
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