A delegate entering the Red Fort complex from Delhi's Chandni Chowk side has to go through a labyrinthine set of security barricades before heading past the heavily guarded Lahori Gate area to gain admission to the venue of a key UNESCO meet being held in India for the first time.

Security personnel, both from Delhi Police and paramilitary forces, keep a hawk-eye vigil on both the perimetre and inner premises of the Mughal-era monument, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

India is hosting the 20th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage from December 8 to December 13 at the fort.

The meeting comes against the backdrop of the November 10 Red Fort blast that killed 15 people and injured more than two dozen.

The 17th-century fort compl

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