CISF security at SoU from Sept 1

Vadodara: From September 1, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) will take over security of the Statue of Unity (SoU) in Kevadia town of Narmada district. Induction of the CISF was held in the SoU premises on Tuesday in the presence of district collector Manoj Kothari.
Kothari said during the ceremony that the state government had written to the Centre and requested to hand over security of SoU to the CISF. Considering the importance of the monument, the central government had in February decided to give CISF security cover to the statue of the country’s first home minister, Sardar Patel.
Over 272 CISF men will now guard the world’s tallest statue that has become one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country.
Since the statue was inaugurated about two years ago, the Gujarat police was its security. The CISF guards all the airports in the country along with many important government buildings.