Preparations in Full Swing for Prez Visit

B h u b a n e s w a r : S t a t e Administration has been warmed up to welcome President Draupadi Murmu
for her two days visit to  Odisha. A high level meeting  to review the arrangements  was chaired by Chief
Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra here today. Various preparatory works  relating to the President’s  visit were chalked out and  M a h a p a t r a d i r e c t e d concerned departments to complete the preparations well before the scheduled time. Senior officers were  given the charges of supervision and completion.  He also directed concerned
departments to ensure error  free arrangements on all  f r o n t s f o r s m o o t h management of different programmes slated to be  graced by the President. Presenting the draft tour  programme of the President,
Special Secretary Home Santosh Bala said that so far  3 public programmes have  been slated for visit. Her  Excellency would arrive at  Biju Patnaik International  Airport, Bhubaneswar on  10th February around noon  and would proceed to Utkal  Mandap, Bhubaneswar to  attend the foundation day of  Jnanaprabha Mission as chief Guest. After Lunch, she will attend  as Chief Guest at 2nd Convocation of Rama Devi  Women’s University. She
would make his night halt at  Raj Bhawan. On the next  d a y m o r n i n g , h e r Excellency would visit Lingaraj Temple and then  proceed towards Cuttack to  inaugurate 2nd Indian Rice  Congress at ICAR. Then she  will leave for Delhi from  Bhubaneswar Airport on same day. The issues relating to air  craft, guard of honor, security arrangements, accommodation, carcade and transport arrangements,  fire fighting, medical and  health care for the VVIP party, uninterrupted power and water supply, hot line connectivity, barricading, construction of dais, media management etc were discussed in the meeting. Mahapatra directed concerned departments to stay alert and keep strict vigil over the entire process meticulously so as to make the visit of Her Excellency free of any hitches and omissions. The authorities of the concerned institutions were advised to have regular liaison with home and police department regarding dais plan, regulation of crowd and gathering in meeting places. Notably, RTPCR test for staff deployed on duty, dignitaries and appointees before 72 hours prior to the event and use of face mask are mandatory during visit of Her Excellency. Additional Chief Secretary Deoranjan Kumar Singh along with Principal Secretaries, Secretaries and Senior officers from Home, Police, Intelligence and concerned departments participated in the discussion.

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