Elaborate security arrangements have been made and a security blanket has been thrown over air, road and water routes ahead of the proposed visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his Parliamentary constituency on Sunday. He is arriving here for the ninth time, Modi will come to the city after launching Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana in Ballia and during his stay, he will not only distribute e-rickshaws at DlW Central Ground but also e-boats at Assi Ghat. Besides, the PM will also meet the handicraft artisans and local Padma award recipients apart from offering ‘Ganga Kalash’ Pujan at Jnana Pravaha (near Samne Ghat) and may visit Sankatmochan temple to attend the last day of the ongoing internationally famous music festival.
More than 5000 security personnel including as many as 14 SP ranks officers, 27 ASPs, 54 COs, 66 SOs, 649 SIs, 64 women SIs, 565 head constables, 3750 constables and 275 women constables would be deployed apart from 14 companies of PAC,10 of para-military forces and one of RAF. Besides, NSG personnel and ATS commandoes will also be deployed. Meanwhile, IG (Zone) SK Bhagat held meeting with the police officers here on Saturday and gave them instructions regarding security arrangements. Besides, the rehearsal of fleet was also done through all the routes from where the motorcade of PM is scheduled to pass through.
As the PM would attend two programmes on the bank of river Ganga at Assi Ghat and Jnana Pravaha, there would be total ban on the movement of boats between Harishcandra Ghat and Vishwa Sundari bridge (GT Road Bye-pass). No one would be allowed to stand their boats and steamers within 100 years from Assi ghat. To keep close vigil on the movement on river, security personnel will also be deployed across the river and in this direction, divisional commissioner Nitin Ramesh Gokarn had instructed the SP Chandauli for ensuring regular police patrolling in river site in trans-Ganga areas during the stay of PM there. At Assi ghat, Modi will distribute as many as 11 e-boats to the beneficiaries. For keeping security in water NDRF commandoes and PAC divers will be deployed equipped with sophisticated boat and life jackets.
As per minute-to-minute schedule, the PM will depart from New Delhi at 9.30 am and reach lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, Babatpur here at 10.50 am. He will go to Ballia by helicopter at 10.53 am and reach at helipad there at 11.50 am. He will to to program venue at 11.55 am and between 12.00 noon and 12.55 pm the PM will inaugurate Ujjawala Scheme. He will leave program venue at 1.00 pm and reach at helipad at 1.05 pm. Modi will depart from there at 1.10 pm and land at helipad in DlW in Varanasi at 2.10 pm. From there he will reach DlW guest house at 2.20 pm. Between 2.20 and 3.00 pm he will stay at DlW Guest House.
Then, the PM will go to DlW Hall at 3.00 pm where he will remain till 4.10 pm. From there he will reach DlW’s Central Ground at 4.15 pm to distribute e-rickshaw. He will stay here till 4.55 pm. Modi will go to Jnana Pravah at Samne Ghat at 5.00 pm by car and remain there till 5.45 pm. later, he will leave the place for Assi Ghat at 5.50 pm and arrive there at 6.05 pm. He will take part in e-boat distribution program and attend musical program. He will depart for airport from Assi Ghat at 8.00 pm by road and take off for New Delhi from Babatpur Airport at 8.50 pm. in special charter plane.
As the Varanasi visit program was finalized just a few days ago though PM’s Ballia programme was scheduled since long, it was really hectic exercise for local administration to complete all arrangements in time. Despite scorching heat and hot wave, round- the- clock work was done at all the venues to complete the arrangements. In DlW though the PM will distribute five e-rickshaws out of 1000, some village look has been given to huts where the PM will talk with some selected beneficiaries. DlW is the most local favourite destination of PM as since he became PM he is going to visit there for sixth time and stayed there two times during the night. Due to this, there is a lot of encouragement in DlW which set a record during last financial year, manufacturing 330 locomotives for first time in history including 317 high horse power (HHP) locomotives. The toughest task for the local administration was to make the road repaired for smooth transportation between DlW to Jnana Pravaha via BHU Gate, Trauma Centre and Samne Ghat. The road between Samne Ghat and Jnana Pravaha was in pathetic shape.