Special security plan around Parliament complex

A special security and traffic plan will be put in place in and around the Parliamentary complex ahead of the November 8, 2012 presentation of the Budget by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody announced yesterday.

The Parliament complex will be under a special security blanket from November 6 till the conclusion of the presentation of the Budget, he said.

Traffic Police will also put in place a special traffic plan for November 8, which will see a restriction on the number of vehicles that will be allowed into Parliament. The public galleries will also be confined to invitees on the 8th, he said