Jamnagar Refinery City News Samachar Gujarat India

Having provided 169 personnel to guard Infosys Technologies and the Electronics City in Bangalore, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) is set to depute its personnel to secure Reliance Jamnagar Refinery, Wipro in Bangalore and Infosys Mysore campus.

A security audit of these three establishments has been done and CISF and is now finalizing details like the number of personnel to be deputed. Sources said CISF estimated a need for 200 personnel for Jamnagar but the Home Ministry is said to have asked it to scale this down.

The 101 personnel deployed at Infosys in Bangalore bring in Rs 2.56 crore as annual revenue to the force. Although its earnings vary, depending upon the overall threat perception, CISF is looking at revenue in the range of Rs 8-10 crore following the deployment of close to 400 personnel in these three establishments.

Significantly, the force is likely to turn down a request by the Essar Group which recently sought CISF cover to secure its 267-km-long pipeline which connects its iron ore plant at Bailadila in Chhattisgarh to its pelletization plant at Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and carries iron ore slurry.

“This pipeline has been attacked by Naxalites several times. It runs through thick forest areas of Chhattisgarh and securing it along its entire length is not a very feasible idea since that would entail the deployment of a very large contingent,” said a top CISF official. Having received 107 requests for security cover from private companies, CISF currently has put 33 firms on its priority list where it plans to deploy personnel.