NEW DELHI: The presence of foreign leaders with high threat perception like Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Narendra Modi's swearing in has led to a massive scale-up in security for the event on Monday.More than 10,000 personnel are being deployed to secure the Rashtrapati Bhavan - where Modi will take the oath of office as Prime Minister on Monday evening - and hotels where top dignitaries are staying, as well as to manage traffic, ..
All offices in the North and South Blocks will be closed by 1 PM, while snipers from the Army and NSG will be deployed on rooftops and at vantage points around the area. A full rehearsal of the event and sanitisation of the routes to be taken by the VIPs have been done on Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
Delhi, especially the Lutyens' zone, is expected to come to a virtual halt on Monday evening with diversions on all major routes between 2 PM and 8 PM to ensure smooth flow of the cavalca ..
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All offices in the North and South Blocks will be closed by 1 PM, while snipers from the Army and NSG will be deployed on rooftops and at vantage points around the area. A full rehearsal of the event and sanitisation of the routes to be taken by the VIPs have been done on Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
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