A total of 64 troupes will participate in the State-level parade to mark the 70th Independence Day in the capital city on Monday.However, no civilian group will participate in the parade where Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will unfurl the Tricolour.The main attractions of the celebration would be a daredevil show, skating and horse riding.
Another feature of this year’s State level I-Day celebration would be participation of the two platoons of the Andhra Pradesh police. Besides, two platoons of the Odisha police would also participate in the State-level I-Day celebration in Andhra Pradesh.Elaborate security arrangements have been made to ensure smooth conduct of the celebration here.
About the security arrangements, Commissioner of Police YB Khurania said that for the first time the entire area from the Rabindra Mandap to Master Canteen would be under the CCTV coverage. “A total of 63 CCTV cameras would be installed at different locations in these areas. There will be three CCTV control rooms where the police would monitor the inputs. This apart, uniformed and plainclothes police personnel would be deployed at several places while quick action team (QAT) units would be deployed at sensitive locations to ward off any untoward incident,” he said.