Govt to spend Rs. 370 crore for integrated security system for 2010 Commonwealth games

December 8th, 2009 - 11:38 pm ICT by ANI ( Leave a comment )

New Delhi, Dec.8 (ANI): The Government has plans to set up an Integrated Security System to cover all venues during the 2010 Commonwealth Games and provide foolproof security for the sporting events.

Minister of State for Home Affairs Mullappallay Ramachandran in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday stated: “The Government has an action plan to set up an Integrated Security System to cover all the Commonwealth Games venues and provide foolproof security for the sporting events.”

“It has approved the installation of an integrated Security System (ISS) for all the Competition/Training/Non-Competition Venues for the CWG-2010 to be executed through M/s ECIL for total Rs. 370 crore which includes a provision of Rs. 30 crore for “bandwidth”.”

“An international Security Liaison Group has been constituted by Minister of Home Affairs with representatives from various Central Security Agencies, Delhi Police, M/o Defence, M/o External Affairs and other to effectively liaison with the security administrators of all the participating countries in the Commonwealth Games 2010 and to address their security concerns in this regard,” stated the minister in his reply in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.(ANI)

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