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“SPF personnel are trained for the task (metro security), but the metro rail honchos found the services too costly,” said Director-General (SPF) Tejdeep Kaur Menon. Hyderabad: With no clarity on which police unit will provide the crucial security cover to the city’s future lifeline, the city is set to launch Hyderabad Metro rail most probably in the next two months. Chief secretary SP Singh had recently issued an order outlining distribution of security-related work responsibilities between police and the metro rail concessionaire L&T. Local police units might be given the brief to handle the external security of Metro stations and junctions. For Delhi Metro, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) provides integrated security cover..