Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to the State from February 6, Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi on Monday took stock of the security arrangements for a hassle-free visit of the PM.
Home Secretary Asit Tripathy, DGP KB Singh, Intelligence Director Sunil Roy, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissioner of Police Dr RP Sharma attended the meeting held at the State Secretariat and briefed the security arrangements. The NISER authorities and the Puri district Collector and SP too attended the meeting.
“The State police in coordination with the Special Security Group (SPG) will fine tune the security. The PM will arrive here on February 6 night from Vizag and make night halt at the Raj Bhavan. On February 7 morning, he will go to the NISER and later to Puri for Jagannath darshan. In the afternoon, he will fly to Paradip to dedicate the IOCl refinery and return to Bhubaneswar, from where he will fly to Vizag,” informed the Chief Secretary.
However, he did reveal more about the details of the PM’s visit.
The State police are on their toes following the intelligence inputs of potential child squads of ISI targeting Modi.
According to sources, Modi is scheduled to arrive at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here at10.30 pm on February 6. He would be escorted to the Raj Bhavan here where he would spend the night.
The next morning, Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the permanent campus of the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) in Bhubaneswar around 9 am.
After the end of the NISER programme at 10 am, the PM would fly to Puri by a chopper. He is scheduled to spend nearly 30 minutes in the 12th century shrine and fly to Paradip to inaugurate the 15-million tonne per annum (MTPA) refinery of the Indian Oil Corporation limited (IOCl). Modi would fly back to Vizag in the afternoon of February 7.
Meanwhile, the Commissionerate Police have asked all Inspectors-in-Charge of police stations to strengthen their intelligence networks.