Apprehending untoward incidents, elaborate security arrangements have been made by the district administration in view of Chief minister Naveen Patnaik's visit to the district on Friday.
Patnaik has a programme of distributing health cards under the Biju Swathya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) and inaugurating a slew of projects as well as laying foundation stones for many projects.
According to district Collector K Sudarshan Chakravathy, besides the card distribution programme, the CM will unveil 77 projects costing about Rs 366 crore and lay foundation stone for as many as 109 projects worth Rs 1,186 crore.
The cards would be distributed among over 5 lakh families covering about 19.5 lakh people.
In order to thwart any untoward incidents as many as 25 platoons of police force along with three police officers in the rank of Additional SP, 13 Deputy Superintendents, 22 Inspectors and 94 Sub Inspectors and Assistant Sub Inspectors will be deployed.
The CM while has a programme of landing at the Police Reserve Ground, the adjacent roads will be sealed while in some others there would be traffic restrictions as security measures, informed SP SS Mishra during a media brief.