In view of the on-going second round of meetings of G20 Education Working Group (EdWG) in Amritsar,  the police on Wednesday have banned flying drones and unmanned aerial vehicles in the entire commissionerate area from 14 March to 21 March, 2023.

The Amritsar Commissionerate Police said the ban also includes the venues of G-20 Education Working Group meetings, the places where the delegates are staying and the routes in the holy city.

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Punjab is hosting the second Education Working Group (Ed WG) from 15 March to 17 March and 28 G-20 member countries, guest countries and invited organisations will be participating in the three-day event consisting of seminar and working group meetings. The L20 meeting on labour is scheduled to be held on 19 March and 20 March.

Commissioner of Police (CP) Amritsar Naunihal Singh said that the venues of meetings, the places of stay and routes have been declared red zones and flying of drones and unmanned aerial vehicles have been prohibited to beef up the security and to prevent any untoward incident from Airborne entities.