President Pranab Mukherjee addressed Indian Administrative Service trainees at lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (lBSNAA) on Friday. Police had made elaborate security arrangements in view of President’s visit of Uttarakhand.
A Government official said that President Mukherjee had left New Delhi for Uttarakhand around 10.30 am and arrived at Jolly Grant Airport, Dehradun around 11 am by a special IAF aircraft. The President was welcomed by Uttarakhand Governor KK Paul and Chief Minister Harish Rawat at Jolly Grant. From there, he arrived at Polo Ground in Mussoorie by an IAF helicopter from where he went to lBSNAA by car. He addressed around 400 IAS probationers at 12.30 pm for around an hour at lBSNAA’s campus. President shared his administrative experiences with IAS probationers.
As per the schedule, President departed for Jolly Grant Airport, Dehradun from Mussoorie after the programme ended at around 2 pm. From there, he flied for New Delhi by IAF special aircraft at around 3pm. The administrative and police officers had made all necessary security arrangements in view of President’s Uttarakhand visit. Administrative and police officers were on their toes at their assigned posts to ensure foolproof security arrangements for the occasion.