In view of President of India Pranab Mukherjee’s scheduled visit on October 18 to lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Dehradun District magistrate BVRC Purushottam convened a meeting to review the security preparations on Wednesday.
He categorically warned the district officers that dereliction of duty will not be tolerated in any circumstances. Department officers were asked to complete the work assigned to them within the given time frame.
Purushottam directed SDM Mussoorie Sonika to inspect Mussoorie Polo Ground and submit a report to him soon. She was also directed to photograph the ground. Apart from this, she was instructed to coordinate with the academy officers and collect the schedule of programmes to be attended by the president on on October 18.
The DM said that the President is scheduled to depart from New Delhi for Dehradun at 10.50 am on October 18 and reach Jolly Grant airport at around 11.35 am. The president would depart at 11.40 am from Jolly Grant for Mussoorie Polo helipad by helicopter and he would reach there at around 12.05 pm.
Then the president would go to lBSNAA by road. Mukherjee would participate in the programme at the academy between 12.15 pm and 1.30 pm.He would have lunch at 1.45 pm and then depart from the academy for Delhi at 2.45 pm via Mussoorie helipad and Jolly Grant. The President is expected to reach Delhi at 4.10 pm on the same day. Among those present in the meeting were CDO Jyoti Neeraj Kharwal, Joint Magistrate, Additional DM (finance) Jharna Kamthan, Additional DM (administration) Harak Singh Rawat, SDM (civil) Ramji Sharan, City Magistrate Girish Chandra Gunwant, Chief Medical Officer Gurupal Singh and other district officers.