Bhubaneswar: President Draupadi Murmu will arrive in Odisha on a three-day visit on Thursday. Her first stop would be her native village Pahadpud in Mayurbhanj district where she will lay a wreath at the statue of her husband late Shyam Charan Murmu. This would be President Murmu’s first visit to her native village after assuming the post of the President of India.
In Pahadpur, the President will lay the foundation stones of a community center at SLS Trust School to be built by NABARD and a skill development center. She is likely to spend some time with the school students and villagers in the village.
The President will also lay the foundation stone of the Skill Development Center to be established by L&T. On the same evening, the President will attend a civic reception to be hosted in her honour by the Rairangpur Municipality at Rairangpur Stadium.
As per schedule, after arriving at Kalaikunda Airport in West Bengal by a special plane of the Indian Air Force, the President will board a helicopter to Odisha and land at Badampahar helipad in Mayurbhanj district at around 10.15 am on Thursday.
The president will also visit the Brahma Kumaris Centre, Hatbadra, Satapautia, where she will launch the Addiction-Free Odisha campaign. She is scheduled to attend a few other programmes, including the inauguration of a 100-ft tall flag mast hoisting the national flag near Badabandha.
On May 5, Murmu will go to her Rairangpur residence and spend around 20 minutes in the holiday home. From there, the President will proceed to The President will join the civic development meeting of the Municipal Council by placing a wreath at the statue of Madhusudan Das. She will then visit Pandit Raghunath Murmu’s village Dandbosh and later to the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) and spend the night at Baripada.
For the visit of Murmu, the STR will remain closed to visitors for two days on May 4 and 5. All the tourist spots inside the sanctuary, including Barehipani waterfall and Chahala forest resort have been made ready for the President’s visit.
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.
