Bird's Eye View from Choppers, Close ups from CCTV's And Bond Security for AthletesAssuring the Commonwealth countries of foolproof security to players and other visitors during the 2010 Games, India on Wednesday shared with the commonwealth representatives, the details of the security arrangements being made. These include a three-tier security around all competition venues, helicopter surveillance, over 2,000 Close Circuit Televisions (CCTV) to monitor each and every movement around important locations and special vehicles to ferry guests.
Officials of Intelligence Bureau and Delhi Police gave a detailed presentation to the heads of mission and other representatives of the Commonwealth countries during a special meeting called by the home ministry.
Clearly stating that “there is no specific threat” to the Games, home secretary GK Pillai said an exhaustive ground-to-air security would be in place to prevent “Lahore type(Pakistan)” attacks; the March 3rd incident when terrorists attacked Sri Lankan cricketers during their Pakistan tour.
Pillai said an estimated 1.2 lakh visitors were expected to be in the Capital for the Games and the Centre was “quite capable” of handling such events. He pointed out that the police in the country are used to making arrangements for the smooth conduct of big events like the Kumbh Mela that attracts 60 million people.
The International Security Liaison Group in the home ministry will hold a more exhaustive briefing on security arrangements to the participating countries in a two-day special conference on September 23-24.
“Such a briefing is needed keeping in view UK’s step when it pulled out of the recent World Badminton Championship in Hyderabad citing security reasons, though there was no threat to the event which was held amid very tight security,” said an official.
In the meantime, a detailed discussion to further fine-tune the arrangements will be held during the three-day Intelligence Bureau meet beginning September 14 in the Capital.
According to the details shared with some 30 heads of missions and senior representatives of the participating countries, the athletes will be flown-in in charter flights from their respective countries and their security will be looked after by a team of dedicated security personnel drawn from Delhi Police and the paramilitary forces.
A three-tier security ring will be thrown around each of the 13 competition venues. The athletes will be taken from the Games Village to the venues in dedicated lanes with helicopters providing air surveillance.
Over 2,000 close-circuit television cameras will keep a watchful eye on the happenings in the city. These CCTVs will keep sending live images to a state-of-the-art police control room, being set up at the Delhi Police headquarters.
Safety Measures for Athletes
Three-tier security ring across the 13 venues
Athletes will be taken from Games Village to venues in dedicated lanes. Traffic will be blocked for some time
Helicopters will provide air surveillance
Over 2,000 CCTVs will keep a close watch on the venues, Games Village and movement of athletes.
Live CCTV images will be sent to state-of-the-art PCR
Athletes will be flown in on chartered flights from their countries
574 vehicles will be used for ferrying athletes across the city
Vehicles will undergo mandatory anti-sabotage clearance every morning before athletes board them
11 of the 13 competition venues are in Delhi while one each is in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh
Around 9,000 athletes and officials of 52 Commonwealth countries are likely to visit Delhi
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