Bhubaneswar: Vice President of India C.P. Radhakrishnan will visit Odisha on November 16, while President Droupadi Murmu will be on a two-day visit on November 24 and 25.In this context, a state-level preparatory meeting was held on Friday under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Anu Garg at Lok Seva Bhavan.
The Chief Secretary emphasised ensuring all arrangements to make both visits smooth, orderly and well-coordinated. Additional Chief Secretary, Home and Information & Public Relations, Hemant Sharma presented the itinerary of the President and the Vice President and discussed the arrangements.Vice President’s Visit – Nov 16The Vice President will depart from New Delhi on the morning of November 16 in a special Air Force aircraft and arrive at Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar.
During the visit, he will inaugurate the training programme for the Members of the 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly at the Mayfair Sanctuary Convention Hall in Bhubaneswar. The programme will last for about an hour.
Later in the afternoon, he will inaugurate the iconic tower (Academic Building) of Sri Sri University in Cuttack and return to New Delhi the same afternoon. President’s Visit – Nov 24-25The President will depart from New Delhi on the morning of November 24 in a special Air Force aircraft, reach Bhubaneswar airport in the afternoon and proceed to Lok Bhavan.
She will attend the “Bali Yatra Cuttack Utsav-2026” programme in Cuttack as the Chief Guest that evening. After the ceremony, she will return to Bhubaneswar for an overnight stay. The next morning, November 25, she will attend the National Homoeopathic Scientific Conference at Dr. Abhin Chandra Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital in Bhubaneswar as the chief guest. She is scheduled to return to New Delhi in the afternoon.
Welcome and farewell arrangements, security, accommodation, transportation, carcade management, health services, fire safety, road repair, sanitation, uninterrupted power and water supply, barricading and other ancillary arrangements were reviewed. Various departments and district administrations have been assigned responsibilities. The District Collectors of Khurda and Cuttack have been given overall responsibility of supervising the programmes.
In Bhubaneswar, the Commissioner of Police, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack and DCP, Cuttack will supervise security. The overall security arrangements will be supervised by DGP Binaytosh Mishra. Chief Secretary Garg stressed good coordination among all departments and agencies, completion of work within the stipulated timeframe through field inspections, elaborate security arrangements, and adequate medical facilities, life-saving equipment and emergency medical teams at all venues.
Discussions were also held on media coverage, government photography arrangements, necessary passes in coordination with the I&PR Department and Doordarshan, and road traffic and traffic management during the road trips in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. DGP Binaytosh Mishra, Secretaries of various departments, BMC Commissioner and other officers were present. DGP, Fire Services, Dr. Sudhanshu Sarangi along with the District Magistrates of Cuttack and Khurda and Cuttack Municipal Commissioner joined through virtual mode.
