India is celebrating its 65th Republic Day today with a multi-layered security blanket thrown around the capital. More than 20,000 armed personnel have been deployed to keep a tight vigil across the city. SWAT teams of Delhi Police, anti-aircraft guns and sharpshooters of National Security Guard have deployed at various places while paramilitary and Delhi Police commandos will keep a close watch along the Republic Day parade route. Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe is the chief guest at the parade. Some 125 buildings around the Rajpath have been sealed and rooftop surveillance mounted to keep subversive activities at bay, Joint Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Mukesh Kumar Meena said. Patrolling at marketplaces and other vulnerable areas has been intensified and checking and frisking at Metro, railway stations and bus terminals stepped up, officials said. The parade ceremony will start at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate where the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will lead the nation in paying homage to the martyrs by laying a wreath. Indias military power and might will be on display and the countrys first indigenously designed and developed Light Combat Aircraft Tejas will be one of the biggest highlights. In Delhi, traffic will be restricted from Kautilya Marg- Kamal Ataturk Marg- Aurangzeb Road-Q-point- Humayun Road- Subramaniam Bharti Marg- Mathura Road- Bhagwan Dass Road- Feroze Road R/A Windsor Place- Ashoka Road- Baba Kharak Singh Marg- Mother Teresa Crescent and Sardar Patel Marg upto Kautilya Marg in view of the parade. In Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, vigil has been heightened at bus stands, railway stations, government building, dams and other places. An alert has been sounded in the two states with police and para-military personnel manning key places, officials said. In Rajasthan, all guest houses and hotels have been asked to strictly check the identity of guests. A blast was reported in Manipurs capital Imphal just head of the Republic Day parade. The blast happened near the Deputy Commissioners office but no caualties were reported.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 09:51:45 +0000
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