Workers painting wooden barricades erected near the international stadium at Kaloor, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the Kochi metro to the nation. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkatmore-inKochi has come under a blanket of heavy security cover as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and some of his Cabinet colleagues and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and others are scheduled to reach Kochi on Saturday morning to attend the inaugural run of the Koch metro. The Kochi police have deployed police personnel on almost all buildings located on the route to be taken by the Prime Minister. Senior functionaries from the Special Protection Group, including AIGs Anish Sirohi, Rajesh Kumar and T.K. Commandos of the Special Protection Group will be in charge of the security arrangements at the venues where the Prime Minister will arrive.

Source: The Hindu June 17, 2017 00:45 UTC