Tight security for Modi’s visit to Hyderabad in view of Punjab incident

At least 7,000 police personnel, including Central teams, will be deployed as part of the security for the Prime Minister's half-day visit to attend two programmes, both on the outskirts of the city.

Hyderabad: In wake of the recent ‘security breach’ in Punjab, elaborate security arrangements have been made for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Hyderabad on Saturday.

He will inaugurate the 216-foot-tall ‘Statue of Equality’ commemorating the 1,000th birth anniversary of the 11th-century saint Sri Ramanujacharya at Muchintal in Hyderabad. He will also launch the 50th anniversary celebrations of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) where he will inaugurate the Climate Change Research Facility on Plant Protection and also Rapid Generation Advancement Facility.

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will receive the Prime Minister and also accompany him all through his engagements in the city on Saturday. Official sources said nearly 7,000 police personnel, including Central teams, are being deployed to provide the security for the Prime Minister’s visit at both the venues on the city outskirts of the city. In coordination with the Central teams, DGP M Mahender Reddy along with other top officials are ensuring fool-proof arrangements at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Shamshabad as well as both the venues. Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar along with the DGP and other officials are constantly monitoring all the arrangements and coordinating with all the departments concerned.

The Prime Minister is scheduled to land at the Shamshabad airport on Saturday afternoon. Soon after his arrival, Narendra Modi will be flown down to the ICRISAT campus in a chopper. After inaugurating the 50th anniversary celebrations of ICRISAT, Modi will fly back to the airport and then leave by road for Muchintal in Rangareddy district near the airport to unveil the ‘Statue of Equality’ at Ramanujacharya Asharam. He will return to Delhi from RGIA later in the evening.

During his previous visit to Hyderabad on November 28, 2020, Prime Minister Modi visited the vaccine manufacturing facility of Bharat Biotech, the pharma company which developed Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin.

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