Tiruchi police brace for visits by CM Stalin and PM Modi

The police are gearing for visits of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Tiruchi on March 9 and 11 respectively to address mega public meetings.

Mr. Modi will take part in two programmes on March 11 (Wednesday) — one an official function where he will lay the foundation and inaugurate various projects and another a public meeting of the National Democratic Alliance. Both events are to be held at Panjapur.

The police said Mr. Modi will land in Tiruchi from Kochi by a special flight around 5.15 p.m. and immediately leave by a chopper to the function spot.  He will take part in the official function at first and proceed to the public meeting venue closeby where he will address a mega gathering of NDA partners. Separate stages are being erected in connection with two functions.

Upon conclusion of both programmes, Mr. Modi will travel by road to Tiruchi airport from Panjapur and leave for New Delhi by the special flight in the night.  Ahead of Mr. Modi’s visit, personnel of the elite Special Protection Group (SPG) guarding the Prime Minister are expected to hold an Advance Security Liaison meeting in connection with VVIP programmes. 

The police are drawing up a detailed security plan for Mr. Modi’s visit as Panjapur falls under their jurisdiction. The sources said helipads would be established near the function venue for the Prime Minister’s chopper to land from the Tiruchi airport.  The sources said route bandobust would be provided by the police from the function spot to the airport for the Prime Minister’s convoy to pass through.

DMK’s mega show

Arrangements are on in full swing at Siruganur, near Tiruchi, where Mr. Stalin will address the cadre during the DMK State conference on March 9 (Monday).  In view of the Chief Minister’s visit and anticipating a heavy turnout, the Tiruchi Rural Police have braced themselves up for the meeting at Siruganur adjoining the Tiruchi-Chennai national highway.

An elaborate security plan is being devised separately in view of the Chief Minister’s visit to the function venue which comes under the jurisdiction of the Tiruchi Rural Police. Security would be in place as the Chief Minister is to travel by road to the meeting spot, said the police.