The Gurugram police has made several security arrangements ahead of Independence Day which will be celebrated in Tau Devi lal Stadium at Sector-38 in Gurugram.
A security layer consisting of three layers of police personnel will be on guard inside and outside the venue. Around a thousand police personnel will be deployed in and around the stadium which will see the presence of Ministers, bureaucrats and common people during the celebration. Also, 200 PCR riders will patrol the entire city.
"There shall be special checking of all vehicles, both private and commercial, entering the city from neighbouring States through border entry points. Intensive checking drives have been started at railway stations, Metro stations, bus stands, markets, malls and the border areas," said Commissioner of police K K Rao.
"All the Deputy Commissioner of police (DCPs) of their respective areas has to ensure tight security arrangements to avoid untoward incidents. Also, the concern Station House Officers (SHOs) along with their team will conduct patrolling in the covern area," he said.
Quick Response Teams (QRT) and senior police officers have been stationed in areas with high footfall to avoid any attempt by anti social elements to disrupt peace. As many as 10 PCRs will be deployed in the area around the stadium.
"There will be multi-tier security in place. The security audit of the residents, including tenants, servants, guest houses, dealers of used scooters and cars and foreigners have been completed. The area is being monitored by CCTV cameras and there will be multi-tier security checks in place for people coming to the area," the Commissioner, said.
At the stadium, a special team of Haryana police commandos will form the inner layers of the security cordon while unarmed force will be deployed outside to tackle any unwanted incident, senior police officials said.
Also, the police are surveying the areas in the vicinity of the Tau Devi lal Stadium and have collected details of thousands of people residing here. Also, several commercial building facing the stadium will be secured by police and commandos.
"The cops on duty will keep an eye on parking areas. A team of police intelligence and crime units will also tab on better monitoring operations under its surveillance cover, he said.