Work still on, makes lockdown difficult
The unfinished work at certain Commonwealth Games venues made it difficult for security agencies to ensure complete lockdown of all premises for security purposes even on Friday. The complete lockdown process for all the Games venues is expected to be completed on Saturday night.
Union home minister P. Chidambaram had on September 23 issued a stern warning to organisers to complete the work at stadiums by Friday night and hand them over to Delhi police for lockdown at midnight.
According to sources, a complete security lockdown of some of the venues, including the main Games venue of Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, could not be completed on Friday night as finishing works were not complete there. Sources said, “The work is still on at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and some other venues. However, in certain venues the security agencies have imposed the lockdown”. Remaining venues will be taken over by the Delhi police by Saturday evening, sources said.
“Security personnel deployed at certain venues are facing difficulties due to frequent movement of labourers who were engaged for different unfinished tasks. A complete security lockdown should be put in place a month before the event is to commence”, sources said.
The initial plan was to have a lockdown from September 15 but it was extended to September 22 midnight which also could not be met. The Games Village has become operational without a complete lockdown as athletes have started arriving, sources said adding they have, however, sanitised the area before the delegates came.
The security has been beefed up across the city after Sunday’s shooting incident at Jama Masjid that injured two Taiwanese nationals.
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