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Viii. the Watch & Ward, Door-Keeping and Sanitation Service 44. Watch VIII. THE WATCH & WARD, DOOR-KEEPING AND SANITATION SERVICE 44. WATCH & WARD OFFICE 44.1 Introduction: Historical Perspective:- In January 1926, the idea of a separate Secretariat for the legislature of India, independent of the Executive arm of the Government, was mooted in the Conference of Presiding Officers of Legislative bodies in India under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble Shri V.J. Patel, the then President of Central Legislative Assembly. The conference adopted a resolution to that effect. This was followed by a resolution seeking constitution of a separate legislative Assembly department moved in the Central Legislative Assembly by Pandit Motilal Nehru in September 1928. On 10January 1929, a separate self-contained department known as the ‘Legislative Assembly Department’ was created with the then Hon’ble President (Speaker) of Legislative Assembly Department as its de- facto head. On 8 April 1929, a bomb-throwing incident took place inside the Central Legislative Assembly Chamber [presently the Lok Sabha Chamber]. This incident underlined the need for an exclusive and effective security arrangement for the Assembly. Encouraged by the success of creation of a separate Legislative Assembly department and in keeping the approach of making Parliament a self-contained and self-sufficient unit under the direct control of Hon’ble President of the then Central Legislative Assembly, a Committee was constituted to formulate a scheme for creating a security service exclusively for the Central Legislative Assembly on 3 September 1929 by Hon’ble Shri V.J. Patel, the then President of the Legislative Assembly. [ a ] Watch and Ward : The Creation The Committee, after going into the depth and details of the proposed scheme opined that a Security service should be created immediately to protect and guard the inner precincts of the Parliament House and to keep a vigil/watch on the unauthorized activities inside Parliament. The Committee aptly decided to name the organisation as “WATCH AND WARD”. The Legislative Assembly department (LAD) continued with the same name until 26 January 1950, when, with the coming into force of the Constitution of India and the creation of a Provisional Parliament, it was changed to ‘PARLIAMENT SECRETARIAT’. With the creation of two separate Houses in 1952, the Secretariat of the House of the People continued to be called the Parliament Secretariat, while a new Secretariat called the ‘Council of States Secretariat’ was set up for the Council of States. Their names were changed respectively to ‘Lok Sabha Secretariat’ and ‘Rajya Sabha Secretariat’ in 1954, in tune with the Hindi nomenclatures of the Houses. These two Secretariats started functioning as independent entities under the ultimate guidance and control of Hon’ble Chairman/Speaker for the respective Houses. The Watch and Ward service continued to provide security through all these Constitutional changes witnessed by the Parliament. The Houses were allotted different Secretariats for administrative conveniences and separate area was demarcated for the newly created Council of States/Rajya Sabha Secretariat. [b] Watch and Ward : The Multifaceted Growth With the passage of time, Watch and Ward acquired specialization in the field of identification of Members of Parliament and VIPs. Their services started being requisitioned for outside the Parliament House complex during National ceremonies such as Republic Day celebrations at Rajpath, Independence day celebrations at Red Fort, ‘At Home’ functions and Swearing in ceremonies at Rashtrapati Bhavan etc. Further augmentation of the security arrangements in Parliament continued in light of the ever- changing security scenario and threat perception. Further, as National & International Parliamentary conferences started meeting, the duties of Watch and Ward increased manifold viz. receiving and seeing off National and International delegates at the airport, looking after their lodging and boarding at hotels, their security arrangements at the hotels and accompanying them to the places of sight seeing apart from performing duties at the venue of such Conferences. [c] Watch and Ward : The Unparalleled Over the years, the Watch and Ward department evolved into an unparalleled organization, which carries out very sensitive security duties within its limitations. Watch and Ward staff, being totally unarmed performs security duties for safeguarding the historical and prestigious Parliament House building, its members and the VVIPs, even at the risk of their lives. 44.2 The ‘Martyrdom:’ In recent years, the scourge of terrorism has made the task of security more onerous than ever before. The terrorist attack on the Parliament House on 13 December 2001 has made the task of Watch and Ward more intense and the department has proved more than equal to the challenge. Two members of Watch and Ward staff laid their lives at the altar of duty in this incident. Every year on 13 December, Hon’ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha, Hon’ble Prime Minister, Hon’ble Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Hon’ble Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha, Hon’ble Members of both the Houses of Parliament including Ministers, the Chiefs of various Central Paramilitary forces & other security agencies and officers & staff of Watch and Ward pay their solemn tribute to the ‘Martyrs’ who made their supreme sacrifice at the altar of duty in the service of our motherland, in keeping with the glorious and high tradition of this great Institution. 44.3 Modernization: ‘As a tool for stemming the tide of terrorism’ The modernization process began in 1990’s with upgradation of the security organization by inducting professional security managers of new era and introducing sophisticated technical security gadgets. The qualitative performance of the organization got an impetus with the addition of Technical wing consisting of Anti-Sabotage check teams, Close Circuit TV and Wireless Communication systems. The idea was to transform the Watch and Ward into a compact and a self contained force capable to discharge its duties and responsibilities and handle its affairs on its own. Technical expertise was drawn from various Central Paramilitary and State Police forces on deputation basis to upgrade the Technical wing. The basic idea was to induct technical hands on deputation for three years to train the Watch and Ward staff to enable them acquire the technical capability. However, the same could not be achieved due to acute shortage in the regular Watch and Ward and even now the assistance of technical experts is sought from various Central Paramilitary forces and Intelligence agencies to fill in the gap. The technical upgradation added a new dimension to the professional efficacy of Watch and Ward by elevating the professional standards. However, in due course it was realised that mere technical upgradation would not fulfill the objective. The Watch and Ward, as an organization, had to be given a facelift and that could have been possible only if the custodians of the in-house security were adequately and thoroughly trained in all aspects relating to security, so that the nefarious designs of destructive elements were effectively countered and the premises of Parliament was provided a secure environment where the representatives of the people felt absolutely safe to discharge their constitutional duties in the interest of the Nation and its People. The Watch and Ward as Security wing of Parliament House urgently needed such technical upgradation to counter the methods of terrorists and terrorism. Drawing the lessons from the experience of 13 December 2001 and in view of the ever intensifying threat perception as well as the ever- growing activities of terrorist organizations towards destabilizing the administrative machinery and political system, the security managers of Parliament House were compelled to take the threat aspects with utmost seriousness. The security arrangements were further beefed up in accordance with the instructions of the Joint Parliamentary Committee [JPC] on Security. The responsibilities of the Technical Wing consists of: - § Anti-Sabotage search. § Monitoring of access control through CCTV. § Maintenance of Technical equipment. § Wireless communication. The Communication control room in Parliament House complex ensured uninterrupted communication with all important deployment points during session/intersession. The system was further upgraded with the procurement and issuance of latest state of the art wireless Communication sets to the staff for use in their operational duties. The whole communication and transmission system was also streamlined with the opening of many new communication channels to ease net congestion. The Anti-sabotage check teams, equipped with the latest search and explosive detection equipment, carried out anti-sabotage checks of PH, PHA and PLB on daily basis to sanitize the Parliament House Complex. A Dog squad consisting of 4 sniffer dogs alongwith staff taken from BSF also assisted the Anti-sabotage check teams. The CCTV surveillance system played an important role in monitoring various Access control points apart from providing valuable evidences for Investigative security. Clippings from CCTV were also utilized as feedback for improving the functional efficiency of the organization. The security set up was further expanded when a Centralised Pass Issue cell [CPIC]and a Central Command & Control Station [CC&CS] were made operational. CPIC has been entrusted with the task of issue of Radio Frequency
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