From plainclothes detectives mingling with the crowds to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Delhi is under an unmatched security cover to ensure a trouble-free Commonwealth Games starting in the national capital from Sunday.
Besides some 100,000 police and paramilitary personnel on Delhi's roads, the UAVs will be looking for possible air intrusions. Ground personnel are equipped to battle chemical, biological or radiological attacks.
According to officials, the most high-tech security systems are in place for the Games that has drawn 7,000 athletes and officials from 71 nations and territories.
Army helicopters have begun hovering over the sprawling Games Village housing the visitors. Armed personnel have taken positions at city centres and vital installations.
Hundreds of plainclothesmen are mingling with the city populace in markets and Metro trains, residential colonies and bus stations.
"Home Minister (P.) Chidambaram has been personally supervising the arrangements," Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran said.
"There may be extra checking and traffic restrictions during the Games but these are natural in a big event," said an official from the ministry.
The home ministry, which controls Delhi Police, is in overall charge of the Games security.
High-tech security for CWG
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