Multi-tier security at Bhaderwah for Patil's visit
Multi-tier security has been put in place at the mountainous Bhaderwah town for the visit of President Pratibha Patil who is scheduled to inaugurate a Jammu University campus here on May 26.
By PTI |
JAMMU: Multi-tier security has been put in place at the mountainous Bhaderwah town for the visit of President Pratibha Patil who is scheduled to inaugurate a Jammu University campus here on May 26.
Patil would arrive here on May 23 on a five-day visit. "Adequate security arrangements have been made for the President's visit and sanitisation and area domination operations have been completed," Inspector General of Police (Jammu) K Rajendra told PTI.
The multi-tier security consists of the Army, CRPF, police and intelligence agencies.
A helipad has been built and the Army has taken up positions in Bhaderwah, where the President will dedicate a tulip garden besides the Jammu University campus to the nation. The venue has also been sealed for general public after the sanitisation operation, the IGP said.
Additional armed police and CRPF companies have been deployed in the town. Bhaderwah, the hometown of Chief Minister Gulam Nabi Azad, is a militancy-prone area.
A team of special protection group arrived from New Delhi and flew to Bhaderwah to review the security arrangements today.
Patil, who is also the supreme commander of the armed forces, would address troops in Uri town of north Kashmir and have 'bada khana' with them, official sources said.
The President, who would be accompanied by Army chief Gen Deepak Kapoor, will spend a day at picturesque tourist spot of Gulmarg in the Valley.
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