Safety personnel maintaining vigil at a CCTV room close to Crimson Fort on Friday, as Delhi gears up for I-Day celebrations.
| Picture Credit score: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA
A 450-camera surveillance grid, upgraded anti-drone techniques, and greater than 3,000 safety personnel are maintaining a 24×7 vigil over Crimson Fort on Friday, a day earlier than tons of of VIPs, together with President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and international dignitaries, attain the historic web site for the eightieth Independence Day celebrations.
The safety equipment has been strengthened to detect threats each on the bottom and within the air, with the Delhi police additionally having screened practically 20,000 folks dwelling close by over the previous 20 days.
The surveillance grid close to Crimson Fort contains an 80x zoom digicam that may assist determine folks and objects from so far as 3.5 km, together with areas past the core safety perimeter, DCP (Central) Rohit Rajbir Singh advised The Hindu. “We made some enhancements over final yr. We’re specializing in anti-drone measures, and our drone-marking capability has additionally been improved,” he added.
DCP (Site visitors), Central Vary, Nishant Gupta mentioned parking places have been up to date on mapping platforms to assist guests attain their designated slots with ease.
Highway closures
A number of roads across the Crimson Fort, together with Netaji Subhash Marg, Lothian Highway, Nishadraj Marg, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Marg, Esplanade Highway, Qila Ghat Highway and Ring Highway, will stay closed to the general public from 4 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday. In the meantime, safety businesses have been on their toes with bomb risk e-mails being reported from six spots, together with a number of delicate places such because the Delhi Excessive Court docket and the IGI Airport, on Thursday.
An official mentioned a crew from the New Delhi police station, together with a bomb disposal squad, reached the court docket as quickly as they obtained details about the e-mail threatening to explode the premises at 2.11 p.m. An intensive search was carried out, and the e-mail was later declared a hoax. An identical train was additionally carried out on the remaining places — Jamnagar Home, Jhandewalan Constructing, the MB Highway Saket workplace, and the SDM workplace in Delhi Cantonment. A case has been registered and additional probe is beneath means.
Revealed – August 15, 2026 01:04 am IST
