Explosive vapour detectors give HC security a boost
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Security at the Madras high court is set to get a shot in the arm with the introduction of five new Explosive Vapour Detectors (EVD), said police officers.
“The government of Tamil Nadu provided the police department with five EVDs, each capable of detecting one explosive particle in a trillion parts of air for the high court. Each unit costs `15 lakh,” disclosed a senior officer.
With the installation of the EVDs, the high court now has a high level of security, the officer said.
“Every day nearly 20,000 people visit the court,” said K.N. Murali, assistant commissioner of police, Chennai.
The court has a huge campus with as many as eight gates. Of these gates, one is meant only for judges. Each gate is observed through close circuit television to monitor routine activity.
Unlike earlier, there is now a separate parking space for vehicles of the advocates. Earlier, the people visiting the surrounding places used to park their vehicles inside the court campus. “It used to take hours to reach the main gate as outsiders used to wander around the premises.
However, this has now been stopped,” said an advocate. There is a proper parking facility at the Esplanade Gate for the public now.
Besides, there is an unit of the Chennai traffic police comprising 40 officials to regulate traffic inside the court premises. The police also routinely carry out “frisking and access check” apart from vehicle checks using mirrors.
The security of the high court has been entrusted to an ACP who has a team of three inspectors and 300 other officials working in two shifts a day.
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