To review the preparations for the visit of Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cornwall, Prince Charles, to Uttarakhand, Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar convened a meeting with officials at the Secretariat on Wednesday.
He directed that the roads to Rishikesh, Narendra Nagar and Sela Qui be improved and cleaned in readiness. Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall will arrive at Jolly Grant Airport on November 6 at 4:15 p.m. by a special plane and proceed to Rishikesh. After a ‘Hawan’ and ‘Aarti’ at the Parmarth Niketan, they will proceed to a hotel in Narendra Nagar. On November 7, 2013, they will attend functions at the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Forest Research Institute (FRI), the ‘Beej Vidyapeeth Farm’ in Sela Qui, and then return to Narendra Nagar. The Chief Minister will host a dinner in their honour there.
Other dignitaries including DGP BS Sidhu, Principal Secretary, Home, Om Prakash, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, SS Sandhu, Principal Secretary, Protocol, MH Khan, Commissioner, Garhwal, DS Garbyal, IG, Intelligence, Deepak Jyoti Ghildiyal, DM, Tehri, Nitish kumar Jha, DIG Amit Sinha, senior Army official, and senior officials of the British High Commission.