Baripada: Similipal National Park in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district will remain closed to visitors for three days from February 4 as part of security measures in view of President Droupadi Murmu’s visit.
As part of the restrictions imposed for the President’s visit, the entry gates of Similipal National Park will be closed for visitors during the three days, according to the office of Similipal Field Director Prakash Chand Gogineni.
The decision to put curbs has been taken as part of security and administrative arrangements for the President’s visit.
Notably, the President is set to embark on a six-day visit to Odisha beginning February 2. She will reach Bhubaneswar on the same day and stay overnight at Lok Bhavan in the state capital.
On February 3, the President is slated to visit Jajpur and offer prayers at the temple of Goddess Biraja. Thereafter, she is set to attend the convocation ceremony of Fakir Mohan (FM) University in Balasore as the chief guest.
The same evening, President Murmu is scheduled to proceed to Puri where she will visit Shree Jagannath Temple for darshan of the sibling deities on February 4.
Before winding up her Odisha visit, the President is slated to visit Mayurbhanj district on February 5 and 6, where she is slated to participate in multiple official and cultural programmes. The President’s visit is expected to lead to enhanced security measures and extensive administrative preparations across the districts included in her itinerary.
