Over 5,000 security personnel to guard Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ferozepur today

Our Correspondent

Ferozepur, January 4

The entire Ferozepur town has been converted into a cantonment ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit. While farmer unions have already started marching towards the venue, security personnel are deployed at every vulnerable spot from where Modi’s cavalcade will pass.

Sniffer dogs are sanitising the entire area and anti-sabotage operations are being carried out by the SPG. More than 50 IPS/PPS officials besides over 5,000 policemen, sleuths from Intelligence agencies, paramilitary forces, National Security Guards have been deployed. In addition to that, around

30 IAS/PCS officers have also been deputed as magistrates and incharges of various protocol duties.

The PM is also likely to visit the National Martyrs Memorial, Hussainiwala, which is situated at a stone’s throw from the Indo-Pakistan border. Three makeshifts helipads have been set up on the road leading to the memorial.

Hotels and guest houses are being checked and a hawk’s eye is being kept on any suspicious movement. The likelihood of heavy rain is keeping the security forces on tenterhooks. BJP’s new coalition partners, including Capt Amarinder Singh and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, are also slated to attend the rally for which more than 1 lakh people are likely to assemble on Wednesday.

Funds sought to repair canal

Abohar: The Kisan Sangharsh Samiti (KSS) has urged the PM to announce re-construction of outlived canals that emanate from the Harike barrage and the Ferozepur headworks. In a memorandum to the PM, the KSS said the capacity of the Ferozepur Feeder, Eastern Canal and Bikaner Canal has deceased due to lack of repairs. OC