The Delhi traffic police will be controlling the movement of traffic during the 90th Annual General Assembly of Interpol. The meeting will be held at Pragati Maidan from the 18th to the 21st of October and is joined by delegations from 195 countries. The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, will be inaugurating the Assembly on October 18, and Amit Shah, Union Home Minister will address the same on October 21. India last organised this meeting in the year 1997 and is proud to be the host after a 25-year gap.
The Lalit, The Imperial, Shangri-La, Le Meridien, The Oberoi, Hyatt Regency, and The Ashok hotels have lodging for the delegates’ stay. The Delhi police will implement various traffic measures to ensure smooth transportation of the delegates between their hotels, Pragati Maidan, JLN Stadium, and the Airport.
The movement of traffic on Janpath, Firoz Shah Road, Barakhamba Road, Dhaula Kuan Flyover, Sikandra Road, Bhishma Pitamah Marg, Bhairon Road, Sardar Patel Marg, Mathura Road, Subramaniam Bharti Marg, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Marg, Panchsheel Marg, Dr Zakir Hussain Marg, Rajesh Pilot Marg, Kamal Attaturk Marg, Aerocity, Shantipath, Maharishi Raman Marg, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Gurgaon Road, T3 Approach Road, Mehram Nagar Tunnel, and Ashoka Road will be controlled to make it easier for the delegates to move about.
Businesses, individuals and organisations are encouraged to help the Delhi police lessen the traffic on Delhi road during the Annual General Assembly. Employers are suggested to provide a work-from-home to their employees or stagger their working hours, and those employees who have to report to work are advised to use public conveyance. Individuals can help by delaying unnecessary travel plans and using buses or the metro for unavoidable plans. Taking the Pragati Maidan metro route is advised to save time and effort.
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The Delhi police have been put on high alert amidst the four-day event. A meeting was held recently to form a strategy for security and discuss potential threats lurking around the corner. The security organisations like Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) will also be attending the meeting, senior representatives from the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Delhi Police, and other relevant agencies. In the discussion, security measures at the location where the summit will be placed, the travel route, and the hotels where delegations would stay were all examined in-depth.
The event will occur at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi between October 18 and 21. More than 4,000 Delhi police officers, including security personnel and others from the crime branches, local police stations, paramilitary, and reserve police personnel, have been deployed for the security of the occasion.
A part of the security involves a permanent CCTV watch in a control room. Five-star hotels in New Delhi and South West Delhi allocating the delegates have handed Delhi Police charge of their security. Police officers in plain clothes have also been sent to the areas to check for suspicious activity or unidentified individuals. The site and hotels’ security has been under police control since Saturday. A composite security system is in place to safeguard both the JLN stadium event and Pragati Maidan.
The highest governing body of Interpol is the General Assembly, which meets once a year and is made up of representatives from all 195 of its member countries. One or more delegates may represent each member nation, usually police chiefs, ministers, senior ministry officials, and directors of their respective Interpol National Central Bureaus. This year, the Annual General Assembly is held in Delhi, India, and the Delhi police are all set to welcome the delegates and secure their stay.
