I-Day: quarantine must for all personnel
Those likely to come in contact with PM at Red Fort will be quarantined from Aug. 1
All senior officers and other
police and defence personnel who will be part of the
Independence Day celebrations and are expected to
come in close contact with
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi have been ordered to
be in quarantine from August 1 onwards, said a police
officer on Wednesday.
The decision has been taken to prevent the spread of
COVID19 infection during
the celebrations, said the
officer.
The security of the Red
Fort will be taken over by
Special Protection Group
and Army, while the Delhi
police will guard the periphery and other roads leading to the venue.
Daily medical check-up
“We have ordered the Delhi
police officers and other
personnel who will be part
of the marching contingents
to directly go home after the
rehearsal ends. We are taking all care to prevent the
spread of the virus during
the event. The police personnel will have to undergo
medical checkup daily as
per protocol,” said the
officer.
Similar protocols are in
place for the Army, Navy
and Air Force marching contingents, the officer added.
“The defence personnel
who would be close to the
Prime Minister during the
Guard of Honour ceremony
will be quarantined at a
camp. The vehicles used to
ferry the defence personnel
will be sanitised on a daily
basis,” the officer said.
The cooks, drivers, codrivers, operators and other
staff will be quarantined at a
camp.
Protection from virus
The decision has been taken
to protect the Prime Minister and the VVIP guests who
will be present at the event
from COVID19 infection.
The officers who will be
present at the ramparts of
the Red Fort when Mr. Modi
unfurls the Tricolour also
have to undergo quarantine.
The seating arrangements
for the VVIPs will be shifted
from the ramparts to the
park on the side of the Red
Fort building and gaps will
be maintained as per social
distancing norms.
A total of 1,500 “corona
warriors” and 400 NCC cadets have been invited to the
event. The officer said this
year the event is restricted
for the general public in
view of the pandemic.
More electronic devices/
gadgets are being installed at
the security checkpoints to
avoid any kind of close
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