The security project also proposes to replace the present waist-high turnstiles in the New Sachivalaya campus buildings for one-way traffic of visitors, to full-body turnstiles.

“These turnstiles will be about seven-foot high and will eliminate the possibility of anyone jumping across the unit,” Patel added. The 13 PTZ cameras have already been installed at strategic locations on the New Sachivalaya campus, and about 30 more are to be installed soon. At present, about 300 security personnel, including one SRP Company guards the New Sachivalaya campus, which is segregated into 14 blocks.

Offices of all 24 general administrative departments of the state government are situated in the New Sachivalaya campus. An estimated Rs 6 crore proposal to overhaul the security arrangements there was mooted this May.