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Delhi Police has beefed up information successful the cardinal parts of the nationalist superior and acceptable up postulation restrictions arsenic planetary shot icon Lionel Messi sets ft successful the city, the last halt of his GOAT circuit of India.
The Argentine fable is scheduled to be an event astatine the Arun Jaitley Stadium connected Monday (December 15, 2025) betwixt 1 p.m. and 4 pm. He kicked disconnected the circuit successful Kolkata, which turned chaotic. However, the 2022 World Cup champion's Hyderabad and Mumbai sojourn went connected smoothly.
With Delhi acceptable to invited Messi, constabulary are maintaining heightened vigil, particularly successful presumption of the caller fiasco successful Kolkata, wherever chaos erupted astatine the Salt Lake Stadium aft thousands of fans protested implicit failing to get a wide glimpse of the icon.
Delhi Police said an elaborate and multi-layered information bandobast has been enactment successful spot for Messi's visit. A elder constabulary serviceman said broad arrangements person been made with a beardown absorption connected assemblage management, entree power and postulation regulation.
Crowd during the for GOAT India circuit astatine Wankhede Stadium successful Mumbai | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini
According to police, aggregate information rings person been established astir the venue, with deployment of further constabulary unit on with paramilitary forces to support instrumentality and order. Entry to the stadium and designated areas is being strictly regulated, and nary 1 is being permitted without a valid pass.
"Anti-sabotage checks, frisking points and surveillance done CCTV cameras signifier a cardinal portion of the information plan," the serviceman said.
The serviceman added that speedy absorption teams, elder supervisory officers and exigency effect units are connected standby passim the event, with nationalist information being the apical priority.
On the postulation front, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Nishant Gupta said they person identified 3 main parking areas for labelled vehicles, including P1 adjacent Vikram Nagar. Vehicles without labels are required to beryllium parked astatine the Rajghat Powerhouse parking batch and Mata Sundari Lane, from wherever pedestrians tin locomotion to the stadium.
App-based taxi users person been advised to alight vehicles astatine Rajghat Chowk and walk. Parking has been strictly prohibited astir the Arun Jaitley Stadium, and vehicles recovered parked determination volition beryllium towed and fined, the serviceman said.
The nationalist has been encouraged to usage the metro and buses arsenic acold arsenic imaginable to trim congestion and guarantee creaseless movement.
Public question is expected to prime up astir 11 am. Commuters person been advised to debar Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, ITO, Delhi Gate, Netaji Subhash Marg and Brijmohan Chowk from 10 americium till the lawsuit concludes.
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