A multi-layer security cover has been put in place ahead of Republic Day celebrations in the national capital to thwart any untoward incident, officials said on Wednesday. Police have stepped up anti-sabotage checks, verification drives and patrolling. Around 6,000 security personnel will be deployed and a total of 24 help desks will be set up in the New Delhi district for those who will attend the celebrations, the officials said. Anti-sabotage checks are being conducted in markets, high footfall areas and other prominent places by the Bomb Disposal Team along with dog squads, police said. A senior police officer said that for the last two to three months, verifications drive was being carried out in hotels, dharamshalas, guest houses, cinema halls, parking lots and bus terminals. Besides, briefing of police staff as well as paramilitary personnel about the security is being done on regular basis. Day and night patrolling has been intensified, while audio and visual messages through public announcement systems are being played in high footfall areas like market places, police said. CCTV cameras are also installed in vital areas with some of them having facial recognition facility, they said, adding that area dominance and police visibility enhanced in the city by regular group foot patrolling and intensive checking at pickets. Police are also checking hotels and lodges as well as sensitising the staff there to inform police immediately about any suspicious person or activity, they said.
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