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The Government of Telangana has launched Tourist Police Units crossed large tourer destinations successful the authorities arsenic portion of its efforts to heighten visitant information and present a world-class question experience.
As portion of the initiative, 80 constabulary unit underwent specialised grooming successful Orientation and Sensitisation of Tourist Police from October 6 to 9 astatine the National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management (NITHM), Hyderabad. The programme included tract visits connected October 10 and 11 to salient tourer sites specified arsenic Yadagirigutta, Bhongir Fort, Golconda Fort, Qutb Shahi Tombs, and Lumbini Park, wherever trainees gained applicable vulnerability to on-ground tourer management, said Valluru Kranthi, Director, Department of Tourism.
The trained constabulary unit volition beryllium stationed astatine cardinal tourer destinations crossed 7 districts, including Hyderabad. In Hyderabad, they volition beryllium deployed astatine Charminar, Golconda Fort, and the Salar Jung Museum.
All trained officers person been instructed to study to their assigned work locations connected Monday, October 13, and support precocious standards of punctuality, discipline, and professionalism portion connected duty. The Tourist Police Units were formally inaugurated connected September 27, coinciding with World Tourism Day, during the Telangana Tourism Conclave 2025 held successful Hyderabad.
Following the completion of their training, unit person been deployed crossed respective cardinal tourer destinations including:
- Yadadri Bhongie: Yadadri Laxmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, Pochampally Rural Tourism Destination, Bhongir Fort, and Sree Ramalingeshwara Swamy Temple astatine Keesaragutta.
- Hyderabad: Salar Jung Museum, Charminar, and Golconda Fort.
- Vikarabad: Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple, Ananthagiri Hills, and Kotapalli Reservoir.
- Bhadradri Kothagudem: Sree Sita Rama Chandra Swamy Temple (Bhadrachalam), Parnasala, and Kinnerasani Dam.
- Mulugu: Ramappa Temple and Lake, and Sammakka Sarakka Temple (Medaram)
- Nalgonda: Buddhavanam, North Vijayapuri Project (Peddavoora), Chaya Someswara Swamy Temple (Panagal), and Sri Parvati Jadala Ramalingeswara Swamy Temple (Cheruvugattu).
- Nagarkurnool: Amrabad and Somasila Temple.
The inaugural forms a portion of the Safe Tourism constituent nether the Telangana Tourism Police 2025–2030 policy. The argumentation papers states that the authorities aims to beforehand harmless tourism by creating dedicated tourer constabulary units and patrols crossed cardinal destinations, implementing women-friendly measures to guarantee the information of pistillate tourists, and leveraging the Tourism Friendly Index (TFI) to measure the information standards of destinations. It besides highlights the installation of CCTV surveillance astatine each tourer spots to foster a unafraid and welcoming environment.
