Preparation on full swing for Prez visit

Bhubaneswar: The police in Odisha have made tight security arrangements in capital city Bhubaneswar and Puri for President Droupadi Murmu’s two-day visit to Odisha. After assuming the office of President of India, Murmu will be visiting Odisha on November 10 and 11. Security arrangements have been organised for the visit of the President as per the blue book. A mock drill of the movement of the s e curity c a r c ade wa s conducted in Puri and B h u b a n e s w a r o n Wednesday. More than 25 platoons of p o li c e f o r c e will b e deployed for security a rr a n g eme n ts o f t h e President in the pilgrim town. About 100 police officers will be deployed at different locations for the visit of the President, said Puri SP, K.V. Singh. “We have made traffic arrangements in such a way that the traffic movement will be diverted for a very minimal time,” Singh said. J a g a n n a t h t e m p l e administrator (development)
Ajay Jena said the President will first pay floral tribute on the statue of Utkalmani Gopabandhu in Puri and then visit the temple. After visiting the main temple, she will also visit Maa Bimala and Mahalaxmi temples, he said. About 34 platoons of police force along with 300 police officers will be in-charge of the safety and security of the President, said Bhubaneswar DCP, Prateek Singh. After arriving here at Biju P a t n a i k I n t e r n a t i o n a l Airport, Murmu will receive guard of honour at the airport and then directly fly to Puri, where she will visit the Jagannath temple. At around 12 p.m., the President is expected to arrive at the helipad and be escorted to Sri Jagannath temple. After having the darshan of Lord Jagannath and other deities in the temple, she will visit Puri Raj Bhawan, where Mahaprasad will be served to her.

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