Tight security for President Droupadi Murmu’s Odisha visit; check complete schedule

A thick blanket of security cover will be in place for President Droupadi Murmu, who is scheduled to arrive in Odisha on a five-day tour starting today. She will be attending the much-awaited Navy Day celebrations in Puri on December 4 (tomorrow).

Senior police officials informed that the security arrangements for the President have been made as per the provisions of the Blue Book. Around 40 platoons of police force will be deployed and the entire arrangement will be supervised by three DCPs,15 ADCPs and five ACPs.

Upon her arrival at Biju Patnaik International Airport here at 5 pm, the President is scheduled to unveil a statue of Santali writer and educator Pandit Raghunath Murmu and visit the Adim Owar Jarpa Jaher, a sacred place for Santals, in the city, according to her official itinerary.

On Wednesday, the President will leave for Puri at 9 am and have darshan and perform puja at Jagannath temple. She will also attend the 75th anniversary celebrations of Gopabandhu Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya in Puri, the statement said.

At noon, she will have her lunch at Raj Bhavan at Puri and then attend the Navy Day celebrations at Blue Flag Beach.

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She will return to Bhubaneswar from Puri on Thursday morning and attend the 40th convocation of Odisha University of Agricultural and Technology (OUAT) around 11 am.

Thereafter, she will inaugurate the Bhubaneswar-based Judicial Court Complex around 5 pm and return to Raj Bhavan around 6.30 pm.

On December 6, Murmu will interact with residents of Uparbeda village, her birthplace. On the same day, she will interact with students and teachers at the Mahila Mahavidyalaya in Rairangpur.

On December 7, the President will lay the foundation of Bangiriposi-Gorumahisani, Buramara-Chakulia, and Badampahar-Kendujhargarh railway lines, a tribal research and development centre, Dandbose airport and a sub-divisional hospital in Rairangpur, the statement said.

(With PTI Inputs)