Chennai: Chennai and Coimbatore have been brought under a heavy security ring as President Pranab Mukherjee begins his two-day visit to Tamil Nadu on Friday. Thousands of police personnel from across the state have been deployed for the President’s visit and several roads in these cities would be blocked for his cavalcade to pass through.
Mr Mukherjee’s Special Aircraft will arrive at the Coimbatore Airport on Friday afternoon after which he will board a chopper to reach Wellington in Nilgiris where he would attend an event at the Defence Services Staff College.
After the event, the President would take a chopper to Coimbatore Aircraft from where he would be flying to Chennai. In Chennai, he will attend the passing out parade ceremony (PoP) at the Officers’ Training Academy and Centenary Celebrations of Karur Vysya Bank on Saturday.
Apart from the local police, Central forces and the President’s security wing are also involved in providing tight security at the international, domestic and cargo terminals of the Coimbatore and Chennai airports.
Preparatory measures are on, with the city police working out the security plans. A mock drill to check the safety measures was conducted on Thursday at the Chennai Airport.
