Multi-layer security cover in Delhi on Independence Day as PM Modi set to address nation from Red Fort

Multi-layer security cover in Delhi on Independence Day as PM Modi set to address nation from Red Fort

New Delhi, Aug 15 (PTI) Multi-layer security is in place across Delhi on Tuesday, with more than 10,000 personnel manning the area in and around the historic Red Fort from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on its 77th Independence Day, police said.

Around 1,000 cameras with facial recognition and video analytic systems have been installed in and around the Mughal-era fort and at other strategic locations to ensure security and monitor VVIP movements, they said.

Traffic has also been restricted near the Red Fort till the end of the celebrations