Independence Day Security: Preparations for Independence Day are going on across the country. India will complete 77 years of independence on Thursday (15 August). Security has been tightened in Delhi. Police barricades are being put up at various places and every person coming and going is being monitored. Delhi Police has purchased 700 Artificial Intelligence (AI) based facial recognition CCTV cameras to keep a watch around the Red Fort before the Independence Day celebrations.
Delhi Police does not want to take any kind of laxity in ensuring strong security arrangements at the Red Fort. Prime Minister Narendra Modi On Thursday, he is going to address the nation for the 11th consecutive time from here. This is the reason why apart from CCTV cameras, 10 thousand security personnel will be deployed at the Red Fort. A senior officer said that elite SWAT commandos as well as sharpshooters will be deployed at strategic locations for the security of the Prime Minister and other dignitaries.
AI cameras will keep an eye on people, verification will be done by AAP
Police have said that AI-based CCTV cameras will have high-resolution pan-tilt-zoom features, which will enable them to identify anyone from a distance. An officer said that the police is also going to use a smartphone-based application to verify the identity of people coming to attend the event at the Red Fort. Overall, the Red Fort will be transformed into an area where even a bird will not be able to fly.
Security beefed up at airports, railway stations and bus stands
Additional teams of security personnel, including paramilitary forces, are also being deployed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, railway stations, bus terminals, malls and markets. To control traffic, around 3,000 traffic police personnel will be deployed at major junctions across the capital and on roads leading to the Red Fort. The police have also intensified patrolling around hotels, guest houses, parking lots and restaurants and verification of tenants and servants is being carried out.
