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As per the alert issued by the Bureau of Civil Aviation (BCA), visitors’ entry will be banned till January 30. The Punjab Police have also beefed up security on the approach road connecting the airport to the city. The standard operating procedure has been placed in totality and even the entry of vehicles has been restricted. Earlier, the strategically-located Amritsar airport had been used as a halt point for hijacking by Islamic and Sikh terrorists in the past. Tribune News ServiceAmritsar, January 20In the wake of heightened threat perception to the civil aviation sector ahead of the Republic Day celebrations, entry for the visitors, except passengers, at the Sri Guru Ramdas Jee International Airport (SGRJIA) was banned from today..