Bhubaneswar: President Ram Nath Kovind will visit Odisha and Andhra Pradesh from February 19 to 22, a communique from the President’s Secretariat issued on Friday read.
On February 19, he is scheduled to reach Bhubaneswar at 2.30 PM from where he will leave for Puri to visit the Shree Jagannath Temple from 5 PM to 5.45 PM. The temple will remain closed for the general public from 4 pm till 6 pm on the same day.
On February 20, the President will inaugurate the three-year-long celebrations of the 150th birth anniversary of Srimad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad, the founder of Gaudiya Math and Mission in Puri.
Around 40 platoons of police force will be deployed for the overall security arrangements during the President’s visit to the pilgrim town. Around 200 officers will supervise the arrangements.
On February 21, 2022, Kovind will witness the Fleet Review and Flypast at Visakhapatnam. The President of India as the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces reviews the Indian Naval Fleet once in his/her term as part of the ‘President’s Fleet Review’, it stated.
