After Durgam Cheruvu cable bridge got inaugurated some time back, as the number of tourists has increased and it is going up day by day. GHMC in collaboration with Rahejas beautified the Durgam Cheruvu three years ago. The GHMC engineers built a cable bridge structure with over Rs 200 Crores on the Durgam Cheruvu to attract more tourists. On Saturdays and Sundays, a large number of people come over to see the Durgam Cheruvu, heading over to the cable bridge and later, to enjoy the beauty of the high-tech city adjacent to Durgam Cheruvu.
DGP Said.. under the guidance of Cyberabad CP Shri Stephen Raveendra IPS., with the support of Raheja Mind space Cyberabad Police had installed 66 CCTV cameras for the round-the-clock surveillance.
On weekends a large number of people come over to see the Durgam Cheruvu, heading over to the cable bridge and later, to enjoy the beauty of the high-tech city adjacent to Durgam Cheruvu.
Cyberabad police have taken a crucial decision by tightening security at Durgam Cheruvu as the number of tourists has increased.
At the same time, some people who want to commit suicide are making the Cable Bridge and Durgam Cheruvu a suicide spot. To prevent such incidents, the police department has stepped in to provide protection to the passengers without causing any inconvenience.
The Cyberabad police built a watch tower in the premises of Durgam Cheruvu. The Cyberabad police also established lake police unit with 10-20 police officials patrolling the situations in time to time manner regularly.
A boat for patrolling, a battery – powered bike have already been prepared, officials said. Surveillance was set up with CCTV cameras around to observe the surroundings of the pond. The facilities will be operational from today.
The participants were Madhapur DCP Shilpavalli, Women & Children Safety DCP Anasuya, Shamshabad DCP Jagadishwar Reddy, Balanagar DCP Sundeep, ADCPs, ACPS, Inspectors, Raheja Group, Mindspace staff and others participated.
Highlights of Durgam Cheruvu:
- Durgam Cheruvu lake is spread over 100 acres of area.
- The walking track around the lake created by Raheja company under CSR is 4.2 km of length.
- The cable stayed bridge constructed by GHMC under SRDP was completed in the year 2020 and was inaugurated on 25-09-2020.
- The length of this extradosed bridge is 233 meters and overall it’s a 1 km bridge connecting Jubilee Hills of Hyderabad city and IT Corridor area of Cyberabad.
- There are 66 CCTV cameras covering the entire 4.2 km walking track and there are 10 CCTV cameras on the cable bridge and all are connected to Command and Control at Watch tower and also to the main PSIOC. 70 lakhs of rupees spent on CCTV cameras by Raheja Company.
- There are three electric bikes and one speed boat for round the clock patrolling around the track, bridge and in Lake.
- One Sub-Inspector rank officer will be heading the Lake Police and 12 police officers will be manning the patrolling on track, bridge and in water.
- Support of TS Tourism in providing the speed boat, Hala mobility in providing three e-Bikes for patrolling and Raheja company for installation of CCTV cameras and constructing the beautiful watch tower with a great view of entire lake as well as track around the lake is highly appreciable.
- For the above works including creation of track, development of parks, greenery, Raheja Company spent around 26 crores of rupees under CSR.
- In view of beginning of offline work by IT Companies, anticipating increase in crime against woman, traffic congestion and petty property offences. To prevent those offences, the watch tower is being inaugurated.
- 3 PCOs for bike patrolling, 1 PCO for boat patrolling, 1 PCO for CCTV observation and 1 PCO for watch tower observation under the supervision of 1 Sub-Inspector rank officer will work round the clock in two shifts.
