Shillong: Massive security was in place in
Shillong in view of Congress president Sonia Gandhis visit to Meghalaya's capital tomorrow.
"We have put maximum forces. All the places she will
visit have been turned into high security pockets," DGP SB
Kakati said.
Additional police personnel have been deployed since
yesterday on main roads through which Gandhi?s motorcade will
pass.
An SPG team has arrived in the city and is overseeing
security arrangements.
Securitymen, accompanied by bomb squads and sniffer
dogs, were patrolling the streets and sanitizing the North
Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute for Health and
Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) campus, Polo Ground and the
vicinity of Don Bosco Museum where the Congress president will
visit.
Bamboo barricades have also been erected along the
roads Gandhi will travel.
Gandhi will stay in Shillong Raj Bhavan overnight and
fly to Aizawl next morning morning.
During her visit she will formally inaugurate the
NEIGRIHMS, address a rally at the Polo Grounds and visit the
Don Bosco Museum besides interacting with senior party
members.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, March 04, 2010, 17:42