In order to ensure overall better supervision and coordination among the force, the Delhi police on Tuesday increased the number of ranges from the existing four to six.
The two new ranges will be Eastern and New Delhi. Earlier, there were four ranges in the form of south-eastern, central, northern and south-western ranges.
“The new scheme, which is a brain child of Delhi police commissioner B.S. Bassi, is aimed at better supervision of the 80,000 strong force. The delegation of work will improve efficiency. The work earlier done by four officials will now be done by six,” said Delhi police public relations officer Rajan Bhagat.
Under the new mechanism, the east and north-east districts will come under the eastern range while the New Delhi range will be comprised of New Delhi district, Railways and Metro, the statement said.
The step is also seen as an effort to optimise the use of resources ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in Delhi scheduled in November this year.