Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu is arriving Agartala today at 10 am. While massive security arrangements are put in place and city roads are decorated with the Vice President’s cut outs, the officials were giving the final touch to the VIP visit schedules as per the directions of the New Delhi.
This will be his second visit to Tripura. Earlier, the Vice President came to Agartala in the Tripura Central University Convocation programme.
The Vice President will arrive at MBB Airport from Imphal in a special Indian Air Force air craft at 10 am. From Airport he will go straight to Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhawan along Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya for civic reception. There in the Hall no 1 the Vice President will launch Agartala Smart City project ( climate resilient road network) and other schemes. In the Civic reception apart from Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, Union MoS for Social Justice Pratima Bhowmik, Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma and Chief Secretary Kumar Alok will be present. The Vice President will also speak on the occasion.
At 11. 45 am the Vice President in Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhawan Hall no 2 will interact with eminent SHG activists, Frontline healthcare workers and Primary Sector achievers in presence of Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma, Agriculture Minister Pranajit Singh Roy . Here also Naidu will address the gathering.
From Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhawan the Vice President will go the Raj Bhvan for lunch. At 4 pm he will arrive at Hapania International Fair Ground to attend the exhibition of Handloom and Handicrafts of the North East Region as Chief Guest. Here also the Vice President will interact with the artisans. Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, Industries and Commerce (HHS) minister Mevar Kumar Jamatia and NEC secretary K Moses Chalai will be present.
In the evening at 5.17 pm a cultural programme will be held at Raj Bhavan in honour of the Vice President where instrumental jugalbandi of violin and flute will be performed by Sidhhartha Sarkar and his team which will be followed by Sangrai Dance from a troupe of Manu Bankul, Bharat Natyam by Nababodhan, Hojagiri Dance by Gachirampara troupe. A group song of Sachin Debbarman by Rakesh Kishore Debbarman will also be presented before the Vice President. He will stay at Raj Bhavan and on Thursday at 9 am the Vice president will leave for Dimapur in a special Air force aircraft.
