Pragati Maidan to get new Delhi Metro crisis combat centre

The station has been chosen as it also has a good number of Quick Reaction Team commandos of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) which is the lead agency guarding over 130 stations of the Delhi Metro in the national capital region which includes neighbouring cities like Noida, Ghaziabad, Faridabad and Gurgaon.

"For marshalling reinforcements of special commando teams and their gadgets, the Pragati Maidan station was found to be the most suitable launchpad. Work is in progress to operationalise the centre soon," the official said.

The plan was mooted by the CISF some time back and after obtaining due approvals, the centre would be made functional 24x7 and would keep a vigil on any suspicious activity in the Metro network.

Sources said all the security control and command links of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will also be linked to the new centre so that it can get first-hand information about all the developments in the network in case of emergency.