With hours to go before the G20 summit commences, Delhi Lt Governor (LG)Vinai Kumar Saxena on Thursday assured that the national Capital is set to receive foreign dignitaries. He also conducted the final round of inspection to take stock of the security, cleaning, beautification preparedness and other related works.
The LG took a mini bus on his inspection tour of the City and was accompanied by senior officers including Chief Secretary, NDMC, Chairperson, MCD Commissioner, VC, DDA, Pr. Secretary, Transport, Pr. Secretary, PWD, Pr. Secretary, Home, Pr. Secretary, E&F, among others, the Raj Niwas said. From issuing instructions to replacing dried-up foliage to ensuring that the route taken by delegates from the airport towards the city was dust-free, Saxena’s visit included areas from the ITPO and Raj Ghat to the Indira Gandhi International Airport and Palam airport apart from Lutyens’ Delhi.
As part of his inspection, Saxena also visited the state-of-art developed Control Room of the Delhi Police set up at its headquarter to keep hawk eyes of each nook and corner of the city.Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora briefed Saxena about the security preparedness and details of the Control Room where live visuals captured by more than 5,000 CCTVs installed in different parts of the city, will be received. Two teams comprising 25 security personnel will be monitoring in different shifts, the digital information being beamed into the Control Room, round the clock.
The Control Room is getting district wise visuals and a special Command Room has been set up for 30 senior police officials to monitor the minutest of developments in the City and its roads. Besides the Police Control Room, the LG also undertook the inspection of the Control Room of the NDMC’s Disaster Management Cell which is manned by senior officers and around 30 personnel who are working round the clock to immediately address complaints like water leakage, damage of pavements, replacement of damaged branches and flower pots.
In his final round of visit following 59 inspection visits spread over different days during the last 65 days, Saxena minutely inspected the areas around Raj Ghat, Dilli Gate, ITPO – the venue of Summit, Bhairon Marg, Shershah Road – Delhi High Court, India Gate, Akbar Road, Lok Kalyan Marg, round about near Samrat and Ashoka Hotel, Kautaliya Marg, Sardar Patel Marg, Dhaula Kuan Bust Stop and Metro Station, Vighanharta Sculpture, T3 crossing of Dwarka, Northern Access Road towards Aero City, Aero City Hotels, T3 VIP lounge, Ulan Battar Marg and the inside of Air Force Station, Technical Area Palam.
