Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena holds preparatory meeting ahead of President’s Odisha visit

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena today chaired a high-level preparatory meeting at Lok Seva Bhawan conference hall in view of the forthcoming visit of President Droupadi Murmu to the State.

While chairing the high-level preparatory meeting, the Chief Secretary emphasized making the President’s visit programme flawless. He has directed the concerned District Collectors and departmental officials to supervise all the preparations before the President’s visit.

The President is scheduled to visit Mayurbhanj, Jharsuguda and Sambalpur districts for 3 days in the first phase from November 20 to 22 this month to attend various programmes, while in the second phase, she will reach Bhubaneswar on November 26 in the afternoon and will join the Boita Bandana festival in Paradip on November 27.

Development Commissioner and Additional Chief Secretary Ms. Commissioner of Police Saumendra Priyadarshi, Bhubaneswar DCP Prateek Singh, Principal Secretaries of concerned departments of the state administration, senior officers, Intelligence Department and other officials in charge of security were present in the meeting.

All the programs including accommodation, security arrangements, responsibilities of program coordination officers, carcade arrangements, barricading arrangements on the roads during the visit, transportation arrangements, food inspection, road maintenance, medical care, sanitation, drinking water supply, stage preparation, audience seating arrangements, barricading arrangements, required number of passes etc were thoroughly discussed in the meeting.