Good evening everyone and Jai Hind!

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Thank you all for joining us today from literally all parts of country for the webinar on COVID 19 – LOCK DOWN AND TIMES AHEAD - STRATEGY FOR PRIVATE SECURITY. I would like to extend my humble appreciation to Col Sanjay Srivastava and Capt SB Tyagi for making the webinar possible.

 

Broadly speaking, the economy is slowing down drastically. 

 

This will have direct impact on Private Security environment.

 

Let us see the present situation.  The Lock down has been announce till 14 Apr however as the things are unfolding and with the experience of other countries, we can well expect it to extend. The police force is totally committed.  Large number of migrant labor has gone back to villages.  That means less number of working hands. Supplies are gradually depleting.  Law and order situation may worsen.  However, at the same time challenges have resulted in number of innovations and inventions.  World is now looking at India as alternative to China and we may well have manifold increase in investment in times to come.

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As far as we the private security providers are concerned the challenges have increased. There are large number of absentees of guards as well as staff due to lock down.  Besides guarding, they are also ensuring lockdown within societies, social distances, well being of elderly, use of safety kits – masks, taking temperatures etc and ensuring selective entry of people like health workers, people supplying essentials, coordinate with police etc. There may be situation as mentioned earlier of enhanced threat to locality or installation due to deteriorating law and order situation and lack of police force.

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These are some of the things these people may not have done earlier and ultimately execution is by the last man in the chain that is guard only. We need to however take these things in a positive manner and being professional we have to be dynamic and proactive. Let our drills be modified as per circumstances, make use of technology. I was discussing with Col Srivastava and he brought out that Drones are being used for monitoring law and order as well assist in diagnosis of COVID 19. We need to remain alive to situation and create suitable opportunities for the us and industry. 

 

Thank you Jai Hind Jai Bharat