Bhubaneswar: Senior officers of Commissionerate Police, including the DCP and ACP, inspected security arrangements a day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Odisha capital.
A carcade rehearsal was conducted on Saturday to check out arrangements.
Elaborate security arrangements have been put in place in Bhubaneswar and its outskirts. Ninety-six platoons of police force will be deployed in Bhubaneswar and Jatni area for the high-profile visit.
Duties have been assigned to 223 Sub-Inspectors (SIs) and Assistant Sub-Inspectors (ASIs), along with 71 Inspectors-in-Charge (IICs). A total of 37 Additional Superintendents of Police (ASPs) and Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) will be deployed as part of foolproof security arrangements.
In addition, 20 officers of Additional SP and DCP ranks will be engaged in security management. Ten officers of the SP, DCP and Commandant ranks, as well as three Deputy Inspector General (DIG)-rank officers will be part of the heightened security arrangements.
The overall arrangement will be supervised by an Inspector General (IG)-rank officer.
He is scheduled to arrive at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in a special aircraft of the Indian Air Force around 4.10 pm on Sunday.
He will then travel to Jatni in a helicopter and inaugurate the Reserve Bank of India’s greenfield data centre and training institute between 4.45 pm and 5.45 pm.
The data centre, built at a cost of around Rs 170 crore, is expected to strengthen data security and support the country’s digital infrastructure. This will be RBI’s second data centre in India.
The Prime Minister will fly out of Bhubaneswar for Delhi at around 6.35 pm.
