The Karnataka government on Tuesday approved the creation of three new police divisions in Bengaluru, increasing the total from eight to eleven. This move aims to improve policing in the rapidly expanding city.
The new divisions—North West, South West, and Electronic City—will join the existing Central, West, East, South, Southeast, North, Northeast, and Whitefield divisions. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah first announced this expansion during the state budget presentation in March.
Bengaluru, with a population of 1.4 crore, is India’s third-largest city after Delhi and Mumbai. Currently, it has 111 law and order stations, 53 traffic units, eight women’s stations, eight CEN (Cyber, Economic, and Narcotics) stations, and one cybercrime station.
Each new division will be led by a deputy commissioner of police, supported by an assistant sub-inspector, five head constables, six constables, and 11 support staff.
The North West division will include Peenya subdivision and six stations. The South West division will oversee two subdivisions—Kengeri and Subramanyapura—covering eight stations. The Electronic City division will manage six stations as a single subdivision.
Authorities say this restructuring will improve coordination and enforcement across Bengaluru’s fast-growing neighborhoods.