About 3,500 policemen will be deployed for the Champions league T20 matches to be played at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium at Parsada village here from September 13.
IGP Raipur Range GP Singh on Friday held meeting with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials and different Government departments to discuss security requirements and other arrangements.
In the meeting held at New Circuit House, the officers of Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) officers said that it is an international tournament and foreign teams are participating in the tournament.
They asked about the security arrangements both at the stadium and the hotel where the teams will be staying.
Singh said that elaborate security arrangements are being made for the event and adequate number of security personnel would be deployed for security of players at the hotels also. The information about hotel where the players will be staying is yet to be received.
The BCCI officers were asked to provide number of vehicles with registration numbers of these vehicles used by their officers or government employees reaching the stadium during the match. This will facilitate them in providing them entry into the stadium.
Singh said that to avoid inconvenience at the last moment, the spectators should be informed in advance about what to carry or what not to carry inside the stadium.
Discussion on road, parking, medical and power supply was also held in the meeting. The officers of Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company ltd (CSPDCl) said that an alternate arrangement of power supply should be made standby to deal with any emergency situation.
The officers also discussed about the Railway crossing as the traffic before and end of the matches will be very high. The operation of goods train can be altered during that period.