Security

To prevent terrorist attacks, security is especially tight around the Red Fort on the eve of Indian Independence Day. Delhi Police and paramilitary personnel keep watch on neighbourhoods around the fort, and National Security Guard sharpshooters are deployed on high rises near the fort.The airspace around the fort is a designated no fly zone during the celebration to prevent air attacks,and safe houses exist in nearby areas to which the Prime Minister and other Indian leaders may retreat in the event of an attack.The fort was the site of a terrorist attack on 22 December 2000, carried out by six Lashkar e Toiba members. Two soldiers and a civilian were killed in what the news media described as an attempt to derail India Pakistan peace talks.