From Mint
Fri, Oct 8 2010.
New Delhi: The on-going Commonwealth Games have turned the city into a fortress. Armed security personnel are a common sight. And the common man being frisked and baggage scans at various places are routine.
For the opening ceremony of the Games, the whole city was literally shut down, including commercial establishments and markets. It is going to be the same for the closing ceremony on 14 October.
According to news reports, about 100,000 military and security personnel, including central paramilitary forces, are on duty in the city. All Games venues are guarded by National Security Guard (NSG), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, who have been put at the disposal of the Delhi Police. CISF is also responsible for the security at Metro stations.
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