Nagpur city to welcome President of India Ram Nath Kovind
President of India Ram Nath Kovind, who will be visiting Nagpur today  for various programmes, according to senior district officials. He is scheduled to arrive at the Nagpur airport at 10:00 am by a special Indian Air Force flight, they said. All senior officers participated in this dress-rehearsal which passed off smoothly and without any glitch. Entire route has been spruced up, road patches have been repaired and encroachments have been removed by the civic agencies.
A senior police officer informed that more than 2,000 policemen would be deployed to provide fool-proof security of the route. Around 150 personnel of Special Protection Unit (SPU), around 15 Bomb Disposal and Diffusal Squads (BDDS) and sniffer dogs have been given a special task of security of vital points. Two senior rank police officials including Additional Director Generals of Police (ADGs) Rajinder Singh and Sanjivkumar Singhal are supervising the bandobast.
As per the detailed bandobast plan, 10 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs), 12 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs), 56 Senior Police Inspectors, 165 Police Sub-Inspectors and 1,500 Policemen would be deployed for securing the entire route from Airport to Deekshabhoomi and Raj Bhavan.
#PresidentKovind to visit #Nagpur today;will pay tributes to Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar at Deeksha Bhoomi.He will also inaugurate Vipassana Centre pic.twitter.com/opYkFAulO6
— MAHA INFO CENTRE (@micnewdelhi) September 22, 2017
The President will arrive at city by a special flight of Indian Air Force on Friday at 10 am from New Delhi. Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Union Minister for Road, Transport and Shipping Nitin Gadkari, and Mayor Nanda Jichkar will receive the President at Airport.
| The President of India’s tour plan | Time | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrivel at Airport | 10:00 am | |||||||||||
| Deekshabhoomi | 10:30 am | |||||||||||
| Shir Shantinath Jain Temple(Ramtek) | 12 noon | |||||||||||
| Dragon Palace Vipassana Meditation Centre(Kamptee) | 12:55 pm | |||||||||||
| Arrival at Raj Bhavan | 2:20 pm | |||||||||||
| Stay at Raj Bhavan | till 4 pm | |||||||||||
| Inauguration of Late Suresh Bhat Hall at Reshimbag | 4:15 pm | |||||||||||
| Leave for Nagpur Airport | 5:00 pm | |||||||||||
| Leave for New Delhi | 5:25 pm | |||||||||||
