New Delhi: Metro stations around Rajpath will be closed to the public from the evening of Sunday, January 25, as the national capital is turned into an fortress for the visit of US President Barack Obama, who will be the chief guest at this year's Republic Day celebrations the next day.
"President Obama's security is our responsibility we should not make it a big issue," said junior home minister Kiran Rijiju this morning.
Rajpath, the 3 km stretch on which the parade is held, will have about 165 CCTV cameras. Which means a camera every 180 metres. A total 15,000 CCTV cameras have being installed in the capital and American security personnel will be part of the teams that man the control rooms set up to watch the footage.
There will also be huge security deployment at the hotel, not far from where the Republic Day celebrations will be held. Most of the buildings within a radius of two km will have snipers stationed on them while the parade is on.
The airspace over the area will be monitored by a radar that is being specially set up, as unprecedented ground-to-air security is put in place to turn the national capital into an fortress during the visit of President Obama, who will be the first American President to be Chief Guest at the Republic Day celebrations on January 26.
There is also a possibility that the chief guest, for the first time, will arrive at the venue separately rather than with the President in his own bullet-proof limousine, they said. If he does follow protocol and arrives with President Mukherjee, Mr Obama will possibly be the first US President not to travel in his own highly-secured 'Beast'.
"President Obama's security is our responsibility we should not make it a big issue," said junior home minister Kiran Rijiju this morning.
Rajpath, the 3 km stretch on which the parade is held, will have about 165 CCTV cameras. Which means a camera every 180 metres. A total 15,000 CCTV cameras have being installed in the capital and American security personnel will be part of the teams that man the control rooms set up to watch the footage.
There will also be huge security deployment at the hotel, not far from where the Republic Day celebrations will be held. Most of the buildings within a radius of two km will have snipers stationed on them while the parade is on.
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The airspace over the area will be monitored by a radar that is being specially set up, as unprecedented ground-to-air security is put in place to turn the national capital into an fortress during the visit of President Obama, who will be the first American President to be Chief Guest at the Republic Day celebrations on January 26.
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There is also a possibility that the chief guest, for the first time, will arrive at the venue separately rather than with the President in his own bullet-proof limousine, they said. If he does follow protocol and arrives with President Mukherjee, Mr Obama will possibly be the first US President not to travel in his own highly-secured 'Beast'.
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