Modi-Xi meeting in Mamallapuram: DGP, Chief Secretary inspect venue

The entire area is being surveyed by CCTV cameras and several layers of security have been added ahead of the summit.
Modi-Xi meeting in Mamallapuram: DGP, Chief Secretary inspect venue
Modi-Xi meeting in Mamallapuram: DGP, Chief Secretary inspect venue
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Ahead of the second informal summit between Prime Minister Modi and Chinese premier Xi Jinping Mamallapuram, top officials of Tamil Nadu visited the venue for an inspection.

DGP of Tamil Nadu JK Tripathy and Chief Secretary K Shanmugham on Saturday visited the venue of the summit and other tourist locations in Mamallapuram that delegates are likely to visit. 

The second informal meeting between the two leaders will take place in October. Ahead of the meet, a Chinese delegation had visited the site on Friday. 

JK Tripathy and K Shanmugham along with the state police arrived at the venue. Inspections were conducted on the route the dignitaries would take to reach the venue. 

The monuments in Mamallapuram will also come under tight security as the dignitaries are likely to pay a visit to them, considering that they classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Monuments such as Krishna’s butter ball – the giant rock in Mamallapuram, the shore temple, the Pancha Rathas and other monuments were inspected by the team. After the inspections, a meeting was held by the DGP and Chief Secretary with the officers to discuss arrangements.

The high-level meeting will see the deployment of 10,000 policemen and several layers of added security. The entire location will come under CCTV cover. Further, drones will also be used to monitor the area and the coastline, according to reports. 

Lodges and individual houses too are being checked to ensure that no suspicious people are staying or any suspicious activities are happening in any of these places. Residents here have also been warned to not let tourists stay without them showing valid documents, according to reports. If tourists are found to be staying without their visas and passports, residents of the houses will be arrested, a police officer told the media.

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