After the Mumbai terror attacks on 26/11/2008, a need was felt to have the presence of NSG in other metros also for an effective and quick response in countering such incidents. Thus four regional hubs were sanctioned and are being raised and operationalised at Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata. The regional hub at Mumbai will get operationalised on 30th June 2009 and the hubs at Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata will become operational wef 01st July 2009. Hon’ble Union Home Minister Shri P Chidambaram and dignitaries from the State Government would be present during the operationalisation ceremonies. The Govt. of India has also sanctioned two NSG regional centres to be established at Kolkata and Hyderabad. The existing hubs at Kolkata and Hyderabad will subsequently be merged with the regional centres.
The hubs have been established at Marol (23 acres) in Mumbai, Nedunkundram (85 acres) in Chennai, Trimulghery (22 acres) in Hyderabad and Badu (20 acres) in Kolkata.
Pre-fabricated and permanent structures are being constructed to station the NSG commandos at these locations. The National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd (NBCC) has been assigned the construction work. The State Governments including civil and police administration, Airport Authority of India and Army have extended full assistance in establishing and operationalisation of the hubs within the scheduled time frame.
With the establishing of the hubs, the response time of NSG for countering any terrorist action would be reduced very significantly.