Mayurbhanj: President Droupadi Murmu has reached her home state Odisha. She is on a three-day visit starting from today, that is Thursday. The president is scheduled to visit Rairangpur, Pahadpur and Baripada in the Mayurbhanj district during this visit.
For the first time after assuming the office of President of India, Murmu visited her home district Mayurbhanj. Accompanied by daughter, President landed at Badampahar helipad in an IAF chopper at around 10.15 am on Thursday.
Murmu is scheduled to visit her in-law’s Pahadpur village in a special car to lay a wreath at the statue of her husband Shyam Charan Murmu and lay the foundation stone of a community centre at SLS Trust School to be built by NABARD and a skill development centre on behalf of L&T Company. “After spending some time with the school students and villagers, she will leave at 12:30 PM and go to the Brahmakumari Center at Satuputiya in Hatbadada to inaugurate the Drug-Free Odisha campaign,” it read.
She will be visiting the Rairangpur Municipal Office and pay a wreath at the statue of Madhusudan Das. “At 4:25, after hoisting a 100-foot national flag at Badabandh, at 4:35 p.m., she will visit the Rairangpur Municipal Office and pay a wreath at the statue of Madhusudan Das. After that, there is a discussion program with the local residents from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm in the Meeuldiha bungalow by joining the program organized by Rairangpur Municipality at the stadium. After spending the night in Bengal she will leave at 7:55 am on 05.05.2023 and go to Rairangpur residence. From there, at 8.40 am, she will go to Dandbosh and lay a wreath at the statue of Pandit Raghunath Murmu on his birth anniversary. From there, she will leave by helicopter at 9:15 a.m. and land at Jashipur helipad at 10:00 a.m. and go to Similipal National Park in a special vehicle on the road. Next, she will fly to the district headquarter. After reaching the Baripada helipad at 5:25 PM, she will stay at the circuit house. After talking with the locals from 6 to 7 in the evening, they will spend the night,” it read.
On May 6, she will visit Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanjadeo (MSCB) University at Baripada at around 10 am to deliver the convocation address. The President is scheduled to leave the MSCB campus at 12.15 pm and fly back to Kalaikunda Airport of West Bengal, from where she will return to New Delhi.
Meanwhile, tight security arrangements have been made for Murmu’s visit. Around 50 platoons of police force are being deployed at different locations. A three-layer security network will be in place.
In view of the visit of the President to her hometown, tight security arrangements have been made by Odisha Police. About 50 platoons of police force have been deployed at different locations, said a police official. Himanshu Lal, inspector general of police (eastern range), said three-layer security arrangements have been made for the President’s visit.
