Chennai NSG hub is the second to be inaugurated after the one in Mumbai yesterday, six months after the terror strike in the country's commercial capital.

The Home Minister also said another regional centre of the National Security Guard would be opened at Ibrahimpatnam near Hyderabad over the next few years.

He said the proposed regional centre would be a replica of the one at Manesar in Haryana and would serve as a major training centre for police forces in south India.

While the regional hub of NSG has been opened with 241 commandos, the regional centre would have 5,150 members of the elite force, the Home Minister said.

He said NSG was not meant for seek and destroy operations and was intended for specialist commando operations.

To a question, the Minister said no city in the country was a hub for terror. "You can't brand any city as a terror hub," he said.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy said special forces would be deployed for providing security on Tirumala Hills, visited by lakhs of devotees every year.

NSG Director General N P S Aulakh, Hyderabad Hub Head Lt Col Sandeep Sen, State Home Minister P Sabita Reddy and other top officials were also present on the occasion.

Chidambaram handed over a scroll to Lt Col Sen marking the inauguration of the NSG Hyderabad Hub.