The 23rd Onshore Security Coordination Committee (OSCC) meeting was held under the chairmanship of Director General of Police, Jharkhand in the auditorium located at Police Headquarters on Wednesday. In the meeting, issues related to problems, solutions and mutual coordination in various establishments of ONGC, IOCL and GAIL located in Jharkhand were discussed in detail.
In the meeting, first of all, Ajay Dixit, Executive Director, Chief Security, ONGC Bokaro honoured the DGP by giving a flower bouquet and congratulated him for tightening the noose on Naxalites and criminal gangs from the state and praised the cooperation received from the police at the local level. Thereafter, Ajay Dixit, Executive Director, Chief Security ONGC, S. Majumdar, GM (HR), ERPL, IOCL, Saurabh Tolambiya, IPS, Advisor (Security), GAIL (India) Limited and other officials of ONGC/IOCL/GAIL, present in the meeting, discussed point-wise the problems arising in various establishments of ONGC, IOCL and GAIL in Jharkhand, their solutions, mutual coordination and the decisions taken in the 22nd OSCC meeting.
In the meeting, the local officials of ONGC, IOCL and GAIL put forth the problems being faced in the establishments and in working and emphasis was laid on resolving the problems arising in its operational area by establishing coordination with the police and local villagers.
The DGP stressed on continuous exchange of information among themselves so that even the smallest problems can be resolved quickly and easily. He also suggested the officers of all these PSUs to install as many technical equipment as possible like CCTV cameras, GPS monitoring system etc. in their working areas. He instructed the concerned Superintendents of Police to identify the problem areas of all the establishments as hot spots and take further action towards their solution, keep special vigil on the Dhabas/shops around the depot/terminal and dispose of the pending cases related to the earlier PSUs at a fast pace.
He laid special emphasis on taking the strictest action against the criminal gangs related to these PSUs by registering cases under the appropriate sections, establishing mutual coordination with the bordering states and taking strict action against the criminals of the inter-state gangs, identifying the illegal property acquired from crime and taking the desired action. Special emphasis was laid on no drone fly zone for important establishments of these PSUs. From the security point of view, forest fires are set in some areas of important establishments of these PSUs, which creates danger. Action should be taken to make people aware in this regard. In view of the security of the country, sensitivity should be given priority in the said context.
The DGP also directed that for the upcoming new project, information related to land acquisition, law and order and inter-state gangs of oil theft from pipelines should be exchanged with the Superintendent of Police of the concerned district as well as the nodal officer of the Police Headquarters. Since land acquisition for new projects is a challenge, which can be solved by continuous joint efforts of all the agencies working in the district along with the villagers.
During this meeting, emphasis was also laid on holding regular coordination committee meetings at the local and district level.
At the end of the meeting, TR Unnikrishnan Nair, Asset Manager, CBM Asset ONGC Bokaro honoured the DGP by presenting a memento. The DGP also presented a memento to Ajay Dixit, Executive Director, Chief Security, ONGC Bokaro, Additional Director General of Police (Acting), Dr. Sanjay Anandrao Lathkar presented a memento to TR Unnikrishnan Nair, Asset Manager, CBM Asset ONGC Bokaro.