Post a major security breach in
Parliament, the security protocols were overhauled with strict measures to lessen
any contact between MPs and visitors.
Meanwhile, the members are informed that
a media briefing centre has been set up at UN20 of the North Utility Building
of Parliament House to facilitate the members giving bytes or interviews to
give bytes or interviews to media, stated the Lok Sabha Secretriat release.
It further stated as part of the Smart
ID Card-based Visitor Management System for access in the Parliament House of Bharat, smart identity cards for members have been provided.
“Members, who have not registered
themselves in the Visitors’ Management System so far and as a consequence, have
not receive their Smart Identity Cards, may kindly visit Administrator Room,
US-12, South Utility Block, Parliament House (Opposite Shardul Dwar) for
registration and supply of Smart Identity Card,” it said.
Moreover, in the regulation of access in
the Parliament House, members have been told that in addition to the Smart
Identity Card, access to Parliament House is also facilitated at Building Gates
(Makar Dwar, Shardul Dwar, and Hansa Dwar), Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha Lobbies
and certain other places with the help of Facial Recognition System.
The image will be captured by the facial
recognition device. This will then trigger the flap barrier to open. A yellow
strip has been pasted ahead of each flap barrier to serve as an indicator for
entrants to position themselves and record their entry into the facial
recognition system.
Members may kindly wait behind the red
strip to allow the person (if any) standing on the yellow strip to pass through
the flag barrier, it added.
On the 22nd anniversary of the
Parliament terror attack, there was a major security breach when two intruders
entered the Lok Sabha chamber from the visitor gallery during Zero Hour.
In a security breach in Lok Sabha, two
men jumped into the House from the visitors’ gallery and had canisters in their
hand, said Congress MP Karti Chidambaram.
They released yellow gas from canisters
and shouted slogans before being overpowered by MPs.
Visuals showed an unidentified man
jumping from the visitor’s gallery of Lok Sabha after which there was a slight
commotion. The House was adjourned till 2 pm.
The incident happened when members were
raising matters of urgent public importance and BJP MP Khagen Murmu was raising
his issue.
Simultaneously, two individuals,
including a woman, sprayed coloured gas and shouted slogans outside the
Parliament premises.
ANI
