Barack Obama's India trip: Top UP government officers review arrangements

UP government officials held meeting here to review security and other arrangements in Agra ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit to Agra.

Barack Obama's India trip: Top UP government officers review arrangements
LUCKNOW: Top Uttar Pradesh government officials today held a meeting here to review security and other arrangements in Agra ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit to the city on January 27.

Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan, Principal Secretary (Home) Devashish Panda, Director General of Police AK Gupta held the meeting with officials in Agra through video conference and gave them directions, official sources said here.

For security purposes, Director General (Security) Gopal Gupta has been stationed in Agra as the nodal officer and ADG (Law and Order) Mukul Goel was also sent to handle requirement of force.

Agra administration has demanded 10 SPs, 12 ASPs, 24 DSPs, 10 company of CPMF, 12 companies of PAC and one company of flood division for the security.
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For Obama, Indian parade may be a bit too breathtaking
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It may not rain on Barack Obama's parade when he comes to Delhi for the Republic Day celebrations at the invitation of PM Narendra Modi, but judging by the smog cloaking t..
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The U.S. embassy denied media reports that the outdoor programme for Obama's visit, his second after a trip in 2010, would be curtailed if the bad air persisted.
The U.S. embassy denied media reports that the outdoor programme for Obama's visit, his second after a trip in 2010, would be curtailed if the bad air persisted.
The embassy's monitoring station recorded an Air Quality Index reading of 252 on January 22, making the city's air 'very unhealthy', according to a scale devised by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Weather forecasters expect the index reading to be around 200 when Obama visits, in line with recent years, although accurate predictions will not be available until three or four days before.
Weather forecasters expect the index reading to be around 200 when Obama visits, in line with recent years, although accurate predictions will not be available until three or four days before.
Obama's attendance will be a first for a U.S. president at an event more closely associated with India's non-aligned past and friendship with the Soviet Union.
Obama's attendance will be a first for a U.S. president at an event more closely associated with India's non-aligned past and friendship with the Soviet Union.
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In 2010, the event was wreathed in thick fog that obscured the view for the guest of honour, the then president of South Korea.
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