Chief Secretary reviews arrangements for PM’s visit
The Hindu
Narendra Modi will dedicate statue of equality to the nation
Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar has directed the officials concerned to work in close coordination in making arrangements for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the State a success.
The Prime Minister is slated to arrive in the city on February 5 afternoon. He will visit the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics at 2.45 pm to kickstart the 50th anniversary celebrations of the institute. He will later dedicate the statue of equality, the 216-foot-high statue of Saint Ramanujacharya commemorating the 1000th birth anniversary of the saint as part of the ongoing Sri Ramanuja Sahasrabdi Samaroham.
The Chief Secretary directed the police department to make adequate security arrangements, law and order, traffic and bandobust as per the blue book at the venues. The Medical and Health department should position specialist medical teams along with equipment while the department’s secretary had been asked to ensure that COVID-19 protocols were followed during the VVIP’s visit.