President Murmu to visit state on Nov 10 & 11

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu will be on a two-day visit to the state, starting November 10, her first since she was sworn in to the high office on July 25.
During her visit, the President will visit the Jagannath Temple in Puri on November 11 and return to Delhi the same day. She would be staying at Raj Bhavan during the duration of her stay, the president’s secretariat has informed.
Though details of her visit is still awaited, plan is already being made to accord her a grand welcome. Tribal groups are planning an impressive and colourful cultural performance to welcome Murmu, who belongs to the Santhal community. The country had witnessed grand celebrations when Murmu got elected as the first tribal president.
“We are very happy that the president will be paying a visit. Though nothing has been planned so far, we would like to meet her,” said Brahma Kumar Bijay Bhai.
A high level meeting was held under the chairmanship of chief secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra on Wednesday evening where he instructed Puri and Khurda district administrations and the police to make all arrangements for a smooth visit.
Murmu, after landing at Bhubaneswar airport on November 10, will visit Jagannath Temple, followed by garlanding of Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das’s statue at Singhadwar. She will return to Bhubaneswar in the afternoon and will garland the statues of eminent persons. In the evening, she will attend a civic reception at Raj Bhavan. On the second day, she will visit Tapoban High School at Khandagiri, Unit-2 Government Girls High School, and Kuntala Kumari Sabat Tribal Hostel, where she studied and lived as student. Later, she will inaugurate an Odia textbook for engineering and a portal (e-Kumbh) at Jaydev Bhawan.