Assembly to have security glass

Chandigarh, February 3

After the security breach in Parliament on December 13, Haryana Legislative Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta today said a security glass would be installed in front of the audience gallery and press gallery of the House.

Gupta held a meeting with officials of the Architecture Department and Haryana Public Works Department in this regard. The height of the security glass from the floor will be approximately 8.5 feet.

A security glass with a thickness of 13.5 mm will be used to build the wall. For this, two toughened glasses will be joined together. Its design will be such there will be a chemical of 1.5 mm in between two toughened glasses of 6 mm thickness. A layer of chemical will be applied in between so that even if it is hit with a very heavy object, the glass pieces will not fall.

The front part of the audience gallery is about 80 ft long in a circular form, while the front part of the press gallery is 60 ft long.