Over 9,000 police personnel will fan across strategic locations in the city to secure it for the two-day visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe beginning today, officials said.
Tight security arrangements have been put in place as the two leaders are expected to attend several programmes over the next two days, including the annual Indo-Japanese annual Summit, they said.
As Modi and Abe are also scheduled to visit Gandhinagar on Thursday, over 2,000 policemen will be deployed in the state capital to guard them and other dignitaries.
Soon after their arrival at the airport Wednesday afternoon, Modi and Abe would take part in an 8 km roadshow that would terminate at Sabarmati Ashram, where apostle of peace Mahatma Gandhi spent considerable part of his life. Later, they will visit a 16th century mosque in the evening and have dinner at a heritage restaurant in the eastern part of the city.
#Gujrat : #Ahmedabad gets decked up like a bride for Modi-Abe roadshow. #ShinzoAbe pic.twitter.com/CK7sd8VFzZ
— Abhishek Singh (@kabhishek744) September 12, 2017Ahmedabad and India are ready to welcome PM @AbeShinzo. pic.twitter.com/rToW2K8JEw
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 12, 2017インドは日本との関係を真に高く評価しており、幅広い、あらゆる分野での二ヵ国関係を増大したいと存じております。
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 12, 2017India truly values the relationship with Japan and we look forward to further boosting our bilateral ties in a wide range of sectors.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 12, 2017そして、PM @AbeShinzoとご一緒にサーバルマティ・アシュラムとシディ・サイード・ニ・ジャリもご案内できる機械を楽しみにしております。
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 12, 2017I also look forward to visiting the Sabarmati Ashram & the 'Sidi Saiyyid Ni Jaali’ with PM @AbeShinzo during his India visit.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 12, 2017PM @AbeShinzo と私がアヘメダバード・ムンバイ間のインドの初の高速鉄道プロジェクトのスタートを切るイベントに参加いたします。
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 12, 2017PM @AbeShinzo & I will attend the programme to mark the start of work of India’s first high-speed rail project between Ahmedabad & Mumbai.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 12, 2017PM @AbeShinzo と私が2017年09月13又14日に印日関係をもっと増大させる幅広いプログラムに参加する予定です。
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 12, 2017PM @AbeShinzo and I will attend a wide range of programmes on 13th and 14th September 2017, aimed at further boosting India-Japan ties.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 12, 2017PM @AbeShinzoをお迎えすることを楽しみにしております。グジュラート州で私との第四番目の首脳会談を共に主催いたします。 https://t.co/1gaiLCsem9
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 12, 2017I look forward to welcoming PM @AbeShinzo. I will be hosting him in Gujarat in our fourth annual summit together. https://t.co/1gaiLCsem9
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 12, 2017According to Balram Meena, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Control Room, around 70 per cent of the city's police force will be deployed as part of the security arrangements today.
"Out of the total strength of 10,500 policemen in the city, we will be deploying around 7,000 of them, that is 70 per cent of the total strength. In addition, we have called in 2,000 additional policemen from other parts of the state for the bundobust tomorrow," Meena said.
"To provide enhanced security, we will also deploy 12 companies of the state reserve police (SRP), bomb squad and quick Response teams. We have also sent a request to send a team of NSG commandos. They may also join us," he said.
According to Meena, the city police on Tuesday performed a rehearsal along the entire route of the roadshow using the same number of vehicles that would be part of it tomorrow to see how much time it would take and what are the areas where improvement is needed. Meanwhile, Gujarat's Minister of State for Home, Pradeepsinh Jadeja visited Mahatma Mandir to take stock of the security arrangements.
On September 14, Abe and Modi are scheduled to lay the foundation stone for the bullet train project here before attending the India-Japan Annual Summit at Mahatma Mandir in the evening. As many as 10,000 people would attend the ground-breaking ceremony for the bullet train project to be held at the Athletics Ground near the Sabarmati Railway Station in the city.
"We will deploy one IG-level officer along with six Superintendents of Police (SP)-level officers to supervise the entire security arrangements. Others, who will be deployed across Gandhinagar include, six assistant SPs, 35 deputy SPs, 70 inspectors, 150 sub-inspectors and 1,800 other policemen," Jadeja said.