New Delhi:

Thousands of police personnel have been deployed in Lutyens’ Delhi and a number of layers of barricades put in place as a part of the sturdy safety association in and across the new Parliament building to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, officers stated. The police had been additionally seen utilizing drones for an aerial view of the town.

The wrestlers protesting on the Jantar Mantar, about two kilometres from Parliament, stated that they’ll go forward with their “Mahila Mahapanchayat” close to the brand new constructing at any price.

Police, nonetheless, stated that no protester will likely be allowed to maneuver in direction of the brand new Parliament constructing as permission has not been granted to carry the “Mahila Mahapanchayat”.

A senior police officer stated that safety has been stepped up by enhancing police deployment, inserting a number of barricades and enough police pickets and as well as, intensive patrolling can be being carried out throughout the nationwide capital and its bordering areas to make sure that legislation and order is maintained.

Farmer chief Rakesh Tikait stated that hundreds of farmers from Uttar Pradesh will collect at Delhi’s Ghazipur border at 10.30 am on Sunday after which enter the nationwide capital to increase their help to the protesting wrestlers. Farmers will even enter Delhi from different border factors.

The agitating wrestlers have demanded the arrest of Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Singh who, they alleged, sexually harassed a number of ladies grapplers.

Police have requested the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to grant mandatory permission to create short-term jail in a major women college in Old Bawana on Sunday, if required, in order that legislation and order association may very well be maintained.

“Strict vigil is being kept along Delhi’s borders. We have increased our pickets, multiple barricades have been placed and no one will be given entry inside the national capital without being thoroughly checked,” a senior police officer stated.

Every automobile will likely be checked and no suspicious entry which has the potential to disrupt the legislation and order scenario inside Delhi will likely be allowed, one other senior police officer stated.

The inaugural occasion of the brand new Parliament constructing is being attended by many eminent personalities and therefore, safety has been tightened in Lyutens’ Delhi the place hundreds of safety personnel have been deployed, he stated.

Police have already issued a visitors advisory that New Delhi district will likely be handled as a managed space and entry of automobiles will likely be restricted.

The Parliament constructing is positioned in a high-security space. Besides extra deployment, there’s steady monitoring by way of CCTV cameras, the police stated.

While round 20 events have introduced a boycott of the ceremony, agitating wrestlers are threatening to carry a protest assembly earlier than the brand new Parliament constructing on Sunday.

However, an official stated that no permission has been given for the “women mahapanchayat” introduced by the wrestlers, who’ve been staging a sit-in on the Jantar Mantar.

A police official stated that sufficient safety personnel have been deployed close to the Parliament constructing and there’s a sturdy safety association made on the Jantar Mantar the place wrestlers and farmers have been on sit-in.

“We have completely covered the entire Jantar Mantar protest venue. It is being guarded by our security personnel. CCTV cameras installed there are being constantly monitored.  “There are heavy barricades positioned and to maintain strict vigil on the actions and to make sure nobody strikes exterior the venue, for every protester, we now have deployed at the very least 5 police personnel. That’s how elaborate the safety association is at Jantar Mantar,” he stated.

Police pickets have additionally been arrange in central Delhi and tight safety preparations have been made to keep up legislation and order, the official stated.

The ceremony to inaugurate the brand new Parliament constructing on Sunday will start with an early morning havan and multi-faith prayers adopted by the formal opening by Prime Minister Modi.

Representatives of as many as 25 events and plenty of dignitaries, together with chief ministers and ministers, are anticipated to attend the inauguration.

According to the visitors advisory, solely public transport automobiles, civil service aspirants, bonafide residents, labelled automobiles and emergency automobiles will likely be allowed to maneuver within the New Delhi space.

Noting that many VVIPs and different dignitaries are prone to attend the inauguration ceremony, the Delhi visitors police urged folks to plan their journey accordingly and keep away from the New Delhi district from 5:30 am to three pm. PTI NIT/AMP BUN SMN SMN