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Clinton’s visit to the ^most dangerous place on earth

By Reaz Ahmad, back from India
Indians are experiencing a security blanket as United States president Bill Clinton's historic visit to the country he called the "the most dangerous place on earth" approaches.
Teams of intelligence and security experts equipped with the latest surveillance technology have been scouring Delhi. Mumbai. Hyderabad. Agra and Jaipur to ensure the safety of the ’world’s most powerful man" during his first visit to the subcontinent.
More secret service agents are expected to arrive Saturday with the advance security team for United States secretary of state Madeline Albright.
The teams have prepared aerial maps of Clinton s landroute. while a replica of Clinton’s White House office has been set up in Delhi's posh Maurya Sheraton Hotel. Over 1.500 rooms have been booked at hotels in Delhi for the president's entourage.
The Sheraton Hotel's Chan-dragupta Suite costs Rupee 38.000 per day. Ajit Panja, Indian state minister for external affairs, said the United States
and India would share the as yet to be determined costs of the state visit.
Last week, this correspondent went to four of the five cities Clinton will visit between March 21-25. Tight security at airports in Delhi. Agra. Hyderabad and Mumbai meant all domestic and foreign passengers were scrutinised carefully.
The first visit by a United States president since 1978 has already left Its mark on Indian society as well.
Mohammad Salim ferries tourists from Agra Airport to historic sites, such as the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort, in his taxi.
“We have to vacate the roads on March 22 when Clinton Sahib comes here to see the Taj. It will be a curfew-like situation," said Salim. "Still, I wish Clinton Sahib would come here every year. Look how beautiful and colourful the roads are, despite years of negligence."
The Taj Mahal is also getting a facelift. Workers are repairing the dents and crack in the Taj's famous marble walls, a testament to how seriously Agra is about the visit. Clinton
is scheduled to visit Agra on March 22 to environment rally and see the historic sites.
However, Chandrababu Naidu, the charismatic chief minister of Andhra State, stole the show when Clinton agreed to visit to "Cyberabad." Naidu's unofficial name for Hyderabad, the state capital,
Naidu s dream of transforming Hyderabad into the “Gateway to South India" or a "Cybercity" could come true if Clinton promises to Increase investment in the capital during his visit.
However. Clinton s decision to visit Hyderabad was not good news for Karnataka and its capital. Bangalore, which has been touted as Indias top “Information technology city."
Clinton’s visit to subcontinent begins on March 19. He will stop in Delhi before heading to Dhaka early on March 20 for a 12-hour official tour of Bangladesh.
Clinton will return to Delhi that night. He will spend five days in India, before he concludes the trip with a five-hour stopover in Pakistan.