Security beefed up across country ahead of Independence Day

New Delhi, Aug 14: Ahead of Independence Day celebrations, security has been beefed up across the country. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hoist the Tricolour at the Red Fort and address the nation on Thursday, Delhi police have deployed personnel around the Red Fort, and bomb disposal staff have been carrying out checking of the nearby vicinity of Red Fort with dogs.

The Delhi Police have been taking advantage of artificial intelligence. Many CCTV cameras have also been installed.

Special cameras were installed on the Door Frame Metal Detector (DFMD), which will be connected to the facial recognition system to keep a check on invitees coming to Red Fort on the occasion of Independence Day.

Delhi Police, along with Border Security Force personnel, have been patrolling the Yamuna.  The raids are being monitored through binoculars in the Yamuna.

Security arrangements have been tightened across the state of Punjab.

"It is the duty of the police; during such occasions, we have to be on our toes. So Bathinda Police is taking some security measures every day...Bathinda Police carried out a flag march in sensitive areas..." said Bathinda SSP Amneet Kondal.

Security has also been tightened in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba ahead of the 78th Independence Day. Security Forces have set up a special Naka on the Batote-Doda highway amid a joint operation by the Indian Army and J&K Police launched in Akar Forest near Patnitop. Contact has been established with the terrorists, and operations are in progress.

Security has been heightened in the city, and vehicles are being checked by the police in Mumbai.

The Uttar Pradesh police have deployed personnel in all the sensitive areas. "Given the Independence Day celebrations, security has been tightened...Police forces have been deployed in all the sensitive areas...Suspicious vehicles are being checked..." said ADCP Noida Manish Mishra.