Chief Secretary of Jharkhand Rajiv Gauba and DGP Rajeev Kumar on Friday reviewed the preparations for welcoming PM Narendra Modi. The Prime Minister will visit the State on February 20 to inaugurate the Hazaribagh railway station and flag off the first passenger train from the station.The officials were accompanied by Home Secretary NN Pandey. They first took a close look of the station and its adjoining areas and then sat with the senior officials in a meeting at circuit house.
At Hazaribagh police line helipad, the top officials of the State were welcomed by Commissioner SS Mena, IG Tadasha Mishra, DIG Parmeshwar Ravidas, DC Hazaribagh Sunil Kumar, SP Akhilesh Jha and other officials of the district. After completion of formalities, they rushed to Hazaribagh railway station where both CS and DGP took a close look of entire area.
They enquired about the important sites where PM will go on that day and saw the site of public meeting, which is scheduled to be held after the inaugural function. They instructed the railway officials to immediately install CCTV cameras at every important place of the station with consultation of local administration.
Their next stop was at circuit house, where some more officials of district level were present. In circuit house, Chief Secretary and DGP evaluated the preparations regarding PM’s visit. Since this meeting was confidential, so no official briefing was given to the media, however, our sources have informed that in the meeting both officials were focused specially on the security arrangements and they gave some important tips and directives to the local officials.
After this meeting, media tried to talk to the officials, but failed. Chief Secretary Rajeev Gauba said, “everything is all right” after sitting in his vehicle. The Prime Minister is coming to Hazaribagh to dedicate the railway link to the people of this backward area, who were dreaming for the rail link for several decades. It will be the third visit of Narendra Modi to Hazaribagh in last 10 months.