Home Minister arriving today
Source: Hueiyen News Service / Newmai News Network
Imphal, November 01 2011:
Ahead of the two-day visit of Union Minister P Chidambaram to Manipur, tight security arrangement has also been taken up in Senapati, Tamenglong and Ukhrul districts where the Union minister will inaugurate newly constructed government office buildings and other installations during the trip.
Deputy Commissioner of Ukhrul and his officials have rushed to Jessami village in the district, about 118 km from Ukhrul headquarters for the purpose, sources said.
During his two-day trip to the state on Wednesday at 11:30am Chidambaram will inaugurate SDO and SDPO office complex, a Public Health Centre building and a 132 KV power sub-station at Jessami village, bordering Nagaland.
According to Jessami Students' Union, thousands of people in the village have already started gathering and making arrangements for the inaugural function.
Public leaders, NGOs and many other people have congregated at the village to welcome the Union minister.
Chidambaram will also attend a public meeting at Jessami during the visit and leave Ukhrul for Imphal at 1:30 pm the same day, official sources said.
Prior to the Ukhrul district trip, the Union minister will arrive here from New Delhi by a special BSF helicopter and will land at Kangla here at 9:50 am.
From Kangla he will be flown to Senapati district headquarters by a MI-17 helicopter where he will inaugurate the Senapati Mini Secretariat and a 50-bedded district hospital.
In the late afternoon after his return from the hill district tour, P Chidambaram will chair a series of review meetings of various issues of the state, including the law and order and scarcity of essential commodities at Raj Bhawan here from 3pm.The review meeting will be attended by the state Governor, Chief Minister, ministers, department heads and other officials concerned of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR).
The Union home minister, on the next day on November 3 at 8 am, will leave Imphal for Tamei and Tousem sub-divisions in Tamenglong district where he will inaugurate two 33/11 KV sub stations at the two sub divisions.
He will then inaugurate Tamenglong Mini Secretariat complex at 10:25am and the newly constructed Jawahar Navodiya Vidyalaya at Tamenglong district head quarters.
He will also address a public meeting at the Tamenglong public ground.
He will later fly back to Imphal at 1:30 pm and will leave Imphal at 1:35 pm.
During the visit, Chidambaram will be accompanied by Union Home Secretary RK Singh and Joint Secretary (Home Affairs) northeast in-charge Sambhu Singh, official sources said.