Enthusiasm in air, among Ambala residents before touchdown of Rafale at airbase

AMBALA: With eyes in the sky, the Ambala residents are waiting eagerly with enthusiasm to have a site of Rafale fighter jets when five of them would be touching down at the Indian Air Force (IAF) station at Ambala Cantonment in the afternoon on Wednesday.
Ambala district administration and police deputed tight security around IAF airbase and barricaded all the roads leading to Ambala Cantonment.
The movement of general public and media was stopped at entry point near Jaggi City Centre in Ambala Cantt.
As per information the residents are enthusiastic about arrival and they are planning celebration with distribution of sweets, dancing on drum beats, leaving balloons in the air and turning their house lights on between 7 to 7.30 pm in the evening.
A large section of national electronic media also reached the entry point of Ambala Cantt near National Highway (NH) to cover the event when Rafale would be arriving in Ambala.
Ambala DSP Traffic Munish Sehgal said, "All the roads leading to Ambala Cantonment IAF airbase are barricaded and no movement is allowed due to arrival of Rafale fighter jets. Photography of any sought is banned by the district administration and even media is not allowed to do so. We have deputed traffic and other policemen at key points to control the situation."