President Droupadi Murmu arrives in Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar (03/12/2024): President Droupadi Murmu arrived in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.
The President was welcomed by Odisha Governor Raghubar Das, Chief Minister Mohan Majhi and other officials at Biju Patnaik International Airport. The President unveiled a statue of Santali writer and educator Pandit Raghunath Murmu at Chandrasekharpur in the city. A thick blanket of security cover has been put in place for President Droupadi Murmu, who is on a five-day tour.
She will be attending the much-awaited Navy Day celebrations in Puri on December 4 (tomorrow). The security arrangements for the President have been made as per the provisions of the Blue Book.
Around 40 platoons of police force have been deployed and the entire arrangement will be supervised by three DCPs,15 ADCPs and five ACPs. 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. At noon, she will have her lunch at Raj Bhavan at Puri and then attend the Navy Day celebrations at Blue Flag Beach. 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 in Mayurbhanj district.