In order to review the preparations for the scheduled visit of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall to the State capital, a meeting was convened by the Garhwal Commissioner, Darban Singh Gabriyal, at Rishikesh on Tuesday. The Garhwal Commissioner instructed the officials concerned to ensure proper security arrangements in the State capital.
They were asked to ensure that damaged roads were repaired in time before the arrival of the British royal
couple. Prince of Wales Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall Camilla Parker Bowles are scheduled to arrive at Jolly Grant airport at 4:15 pm on November 6 and would leave for Rishikesh at 4:20 pm, where they are scheduled to attend 'Ganga Aarti' programme at Parmarth Niketan.
The couple would stay at hotel Ananda Spa in Narendranagar.
November 7, they are scheduled to depart for Indian Military Academy at 10:00 am and expected to reach there at 11:15 am to attend a programme and thereafter they are scheduled to depart for the Forest Research Institute (FRI) at 12:30 pm.
The Prince of Wales is expected to spend around 15 minutes at FRI and about an hour and fifteen minutes at IMA. While FRI authorities are not revealing much about the visit, sources state that the FRI University will be conferring an honorary degree in forestry to Prince Charles.
He is expected to interact with the university students, plant a sapling, visit the
institute's timber museum and spend some time viewing
the majestic historical building of the institute which was established in 1906 as the Imperial Forest Research Institute.
The British royal couple is scheduled to depart for Beeja Vidyapeeth farm headed by renowned environmentalist Vandana Shiva at 1: 45 and after spending about an hour there, would leave for the hotel at 4 pm.
The royal couple is scheduled to attend a dinner at the Maharaja Palace in Ananda hosted by the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Vijay Bahuguna in the evening.
Meanwhile, Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Parker is scheduled to visit Doon School at 1:13 pm on November 7. Thereafter she would again depart for Ananda at 2:10 pm and would reach there at3:25 in the afternoon.
The British couple would leave Dehradun on November 8 and are scheduled to depart for Jolly Grant Airport at 9:10 am and would reach there at 9:50 am.
They would leave for Delhi by a special chartered flight A-319 at 10 am.