India-Pak Guwahati ODI

Cracker bursting around Nehru Stadium banned from Nov 4 to 6

Nov 2: The district administration has banned bursting of all kinds of crackers from November 4 to 6 in the area adjoining the Nehru Stadium at Guwahati.

It is for the first time India and Pakistan will face each other in an ODI in the city on November 5 and as the match between the two sides always generate extra tension, the administration doesn’t want to take any chance. Huge number of security personnel, including several top ranked officers, would be deployed inside and outside the ground. There would be strict vigil in the roads adjoining the Nehru Stadium also.

City SSP Surendra Kumar today said that the as per the security plan, except ticket holders, no one would be allowed to cross the Ulubari, Hazi Musafir Khana and Guwahati Club points on way to Stadium.

He said that the city would be divided into six security zones, depending on the movements of the players and officials. The six security zones include the airport, hotels and grounds.

The cricketers would stay in two separate hotels in the city and their rooms would be completely blocked to other visitors to the hotels. Security personnel would also be deployed at the main gates of the two hotels.

Motorcycle-borne security personnel will monitor the thoroughfares adjacent to the stadium.

The crowd will not be allowed to take anything except water along with them at the time of entering the ground.

Around 32 doctors would be present at the Nehru Stadium on November 5 till the end of the match. Apart from this, three ambulances, two of which will have critical care unit, and several number of para-medical staffs would be kept ready at the stadium.

Two hospitals in the city -- Gauhati Medical College Hospital and MMC Hospital -- would be ready for service on November 5. Ten beds, including one at ICU at the Gauhati Medical College, would be reserved for the entire day.

There would be three make shift camps at the venue where doctors and para medical staffs would be available. Two of the camps would be inside the ground and the third one would be at the gallery number nine.

Apart from this, a temporary clinic, equipped with different equipments, would remain open throughout the day at the Bimala Prasad Chaliha Swimming pool. Any spectator requiring treatment during the match could come straight to the clinic and if required, after providing first aid, they would be shifted to the hospital.

Separate medical arrangements would be available for the two teams even during their stay at the hotels. Doctors’ service would be provided round the clock in the hotel and one separate room would be kept for them in each hotel.

Source: The Sentinel