15,000 Police Deployed for BRICS Summit; What Are the Traffic and Metro Impacts?

Source: Loksatta | Original Published At: 2026-09-10 20:50:58 UTC

Key Points

• About 15,000 police personnel have been deployed for the BRICS Summit in Delhi, with multi-layered security at India Mandapam and stricter access control.
• Security arrangements cover the movement of foreign delegations from the airport to hotels, the summit venue and other scheduled locations.
• Delhi Police is coordinating with security agencies in neighboring states and exchanging intelligence information.
• Around 4,800 traffic police personnel are deployed for the summit; metro and bus services will continue, but some station entry or exit routes and bus routes may be temporarily closed or restricted.
• Authorities expect heavy VIP movement, with possibly 80 or more high-security convoys in a day, requiring separate traffic control and route restrictions.
• The summit may discuss linking central bank digital currencies among BRICS member countries for trade, following a reported Reserve Bank of India proposal.