IPL proposes security, schedule changes

Indian Premier League organizers have submitted revised security plans proposing the use of local police rather than national paramilitaries, in a bid to avoid delaying this year's tournament.

Indian lawmakers had been concerned about security forces being overstretched because the IPL will be held at the same time as national elections, and a delay of the tournament had been proposed by some. However the IPL has told the Home Ministry that it does not require national paramilitary forces and has proposed some shifts in match schedules to accommodate security required for elections, while not delaying the tournament as a whole.

AP