Cuttack, Oct. 4: The capacity of the Barabati Stadium here has been slashed from 45,000 seats to 41,000 as part of the measures to ensure proper crowd management.

Police commissioner Y.B. Khurania, who inspected the stadium to review security measures at the stadium slated to host the One Day International to be played between India and England in January 2017, said all the seats would have numbers, so that that ticket holders got no trouble in getting a proper sitting arrangement in the gallery.

Besides, it was earlier found that a few galleries and part of the stadium did not have proper lighting arrangements during the previous international matches. This time, officials of the Odisha Cricket Association have been asked to install lights and drinking water facilities, especially in the galleries. "We have asked the association officials to come up with necessary modification and facilities. A final inspection of the arrangements will be conducted in November this year," Khurania said.

The police also asked the cricket body officials to augment its resources to ensure that there is no impropriety in the conduct of the scheduled match at the stadium.

Senior officials, including the police commissioner and deputy police commissioner Sanjeev Arora, today conducted the first on-field inspection of the stadium ahead of the crucial match.

Cricket administrators raised questions on the police's crowd management in the galleries after spectators had hurled bottles inside the stadium during the maiden T20 match between Indian and South Africa in October 5 last year.

Secretary of the state cricket body Ashirbad Behera told The Telegraph that drawing lessons from the past experience of unruly crowd behaviour during the last T20 match, the association had decided to install more CCTV cameras in and around the stadium complex.

"This time, we have decided to install nearly 80 CCTV cameras against 65 that were installed during the last T20 match at the stadium. The number of CCTV cameras will be increased after final discussion with officials of the England Cricket Board and the police," said Behera.

Behera further said water bottles would not be allowed inside the stadium during the ODI. The association will make proper provision for drinking water in all the galleries and other VIP and corporate boxes in the stadium.