Home Ministry issues security advisory for CWG

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday issued an Advisory on Security Measures for Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2010.

The Commonwealth Games will begin on October 3 and close on October 14.

Adequate security arrangements have been put in place in order to provide security to the sportspersons, officials, spectators, invitees, volunteers and workforce as well as to the entire city of Delhi, said the MHA.

Along with the tickets, the Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games has circulated Do?s and Don?ts for ticket-holders.

While reiterating those Do?s and Don?ts, all those who will visit the Games venues should also observe the following Guidelines:

(1) In order to reach the venue on time and to be in your seat before the start of the competition, you should plan well in advance taking into account the possible traffic.

(2) The sooner you reach the venue, the quicker you will be able to reach your seat.

(3) You should be prepared to wait in a queue.

(4) Closer to the time of the start of the competition, the number of ticket-holders and invitees may be more and the queue may be longer.

(5) You should carry your ticket or accreditation card (together with the ticket) without fail. No one will be admitted without a ticket or an accreditation card (together with the ticket).

(6) Flap Barriers and RF readers have been installed to ?read? the ticket and the accreditation card. If the reading shows the ticket or accreditation card as ?invalid?, a second attempt will be made, and if the second attempt too shows the ticket or the accreditation card as ?invalid?, the person will not be admitted.

(7) In addition, every person will be frisked and checked.

(8) It is possible that the flap barrier or the RF reader may fail sometimes, for a few minutes, owing to technological glitches. In such a case, the security personnel will do a thorough manual check of the person, the ticket and the accreditation card and you must be prepared to subject yourself to the manual check. In addition, every person will be frisked and checked.

(9) If there is a manual check of ticket-holders/accreditation card holders, your wait in the queue may get longer. You are advised to kindly put up with the inconvenience patiently.

(10) For the Opening and Closing ceremonies, you are requested to take the seat according to the ?block?, ?row? and ?number? printed on the ticket. For the other Games events you will be guided to the ?block? mentioned on your ticket, in which you must take your seat.

(11) You are requested to abide by the guidance that will be provided by the ushers.

(12) Only a few vehicles/cars with authorised ?vehicle access passes? will be allowed to go up to the designated points in the games venues. If you are travelling by a car with an authorised ?vehicle access pass?, you will be required to alight at a designated point. You must walk the remaining distance to the entry gates.

(13) Some games venues have designated parking lots. If your vehicle/car has an authorised ?vehicle access pass?, the vehicle/car will be allowed to be parked at the designated parking lot. Your vehicle/car must be parked in the designated parking lot in accordance with the directions given by the security personnel.

(14) At the end of the competition/game, you must be prepared to walk to the designated parking lot and get into your vehicle/car.

(15) Visitors who travel by vehicles which do not have a ?vehicle access pass? may use the Park & Ride or the Park & Walk schemes.

(16) Citizens are requested to use public transport as far as possible.

(17) Please do not carry items which figure on the restricted list.

(18) The Do?s and Dont?s and these ?Guidelines? will apply to every visitor and there will be no relaxation and no exception will be made in any case. All are requested to cooperate.