July 28: Security heads of 31 participating nations, including Pakistan, will on Thursday take stock of the security in Commonwealth Games village and venues where a four-layer protection will be provided during the fortnight-long mega sporting event here in October. Eight heads of state have confirmed their participation while four more are expected to attend the Commonwealth Games for which, however, no credible terror threat has come yet.
Over 10,000 athletes from 71 countries and 500,000 spectators are expected to take part in the Games to be held from October 3 to 14. According to the security plan, athletes, officials and guests can visit the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium only by bus and no VIPs, except the heads of state, will be allowed to take their cars to the venue.
Each of the 13 competition venues for the Commonwealth Games will have a tight security ring and special arrangements will be made to transport the athletes to and from the Games village with helicopters carrying commando snipers keeping eye on the convoys below.