AHMEDABAD: Ahmedabad is under extreme security surveillance and the city police are preparing to sanitize all key venues — Motera Stadium, Sabarmati Ashram, and the SVBP Airport — which are part of the US President’s Donald Trump’s itinerary.
The security measures comprise anti-sabotage drills with sniffer dogs, night vigil on city roads, checking on visitors to Sabarmati Jail among many others. Meanwhile, Motera Stadium, the world’s biggest cricketing arena, may be handed over to security agencies on February 16 for sanitization, top city police officials said.
A combined security force of city police, National Security Guard (NSG) and officers of Special Protection Group (SPG) has already started cleansing of the other high-security places.
On Wednesday, two high-level meetings were held regarding the review of security arrangements in the city. “Top government officials took part in the meeting that discussed the arrangements threadbare,” a top official said.
According to sources, a census is also underway around Motera and surrounding areas to detect fresh influx in the area. “We are also studying the C Forms in every police station to verify how many foreign nationals have come to the city during recent times, their background and also places they have visited before stepping into the city,” the official added.
A special monitoring unit has been deployed at the Ahmedabad Central Jail where, in collaboration with jail officials, security officials are monitoring movement in and outside the jail premises, especially with July 26 bomb blast accused being lodged here.
All entry and exit points of the city, hotels and guest houses, public transport system, railway and bus stations are also on the security radar, a police official said.
The security measures comprise anti-sabotage drills with sniffer dogs, night vigil on city roads, checking on visitors to Sabarmati Jail among many others. Meanwhile, Motera Stadium, the world’s biggest cricketing arena, may be handed over to security agencies on February 16 for sanitization, top city police officials said.
A combined security force of city police, National Security Guard (NSG) and officers of Special Protection Group (SPG) has already started cleansing of the other high-security places.
On Wednesday, two high-level meetings were held regarding the review of security arrangements in the city. “Top government officials took part in the meeting that discussed the arrangements threadbare,” a top official said.
According to sources, a census is also underway around Motera and surrounding areas to detect fresh influx in the area. “We are also studying the C Forms in every police station to verify how many foreign nationals have come to the city during recent times, their background and also places they have visited before stepping into the city,” the official added.
A special monitoring unit has been deployed at the Ahmedabad Central Jail where, in collaboration with jail officials, security officials are monitoring movement in and outside the jail premises, especially with July 26 bomb blast accused being lodged here.
All entry and exit points of the city, hotels and guest houses, public transport system, railway and bus stations are also on the security radar, a police official said.
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