NEW DELHI, INDIA: Barack Obama
is special for India. Unlike the protocol given to the heads of state
of China or Russia, the Indian capital of New Delhi will be completely
shutdown when the US president visits India.
The financial capital New Delhi is due to shut down on account of
Obama’s three-day visit as an estimated 50,000 security personnel,
15,000 CCTV cameras, a team of secret service agents, 40 dogs, airborne
radars and other security measures will be deployed.
Flying into New Delhi’s International Airport, the president will go
to the Indian president’s residence for a ceremony before heading to
Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial, followed by a state dinner in the evening.
More personnel will be deployed on January 26 – India’s Republic Day-
which is the forefront of the president’s visit. A seven-layered
security blanket will be provided for the US president. Such protection
was not ever granted to China’s Xi Jingpin or Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
A no-fly zone has also been agreed by the Indian government which
will shut down flight operations to adjoining cities such as Jaipur,
Agra, Lucknow and Amritsar during a two-hour parade in celebration of
India’s Republic Day.
During the parade, the US president is set to be seated outdoor for
100 minutes which has caused the Indian government to take such strict
measures for his arrival.
India’s Airborne Warning and Control System will be monitoring any
air movements in the region and will be able to detect incoming missiles
from 400 kilometres away.
Some 45,000 CCTV cameras have been installed across the city.
“Because of a foreign president, you do it, but not for Indian
citizens. If we direct you to do it for Indians, you do it in months and
years, else you do it in weeks,” the court reportedly said.
The Taj Mahal will be out of bounds for citizens on January 27 while Obama visits the monument.
Further, a number of roads leading up to Rajpath will be closed to the public.
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