Imphal: Union Home Affairs and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah arrived here Thursday evening on a two-day visit to Manipur. He will also inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for several projects.
Shah was received at the Imhal International airport here by Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Education R K Ranjan, his cabinet colleagues and senior government and police officers.
Shah will inaugurate the Churachandpur Medical College, the first medical college in the state, on Friday.
He will unveil the 120 feet statue of a polo player riding a pony being developed at Heingang Marjing Hill in Imphal East district.
The Home minister will hoist the national flag at the Heritage site of INA headquarters in Moirang area in Bishnupur district.
Shah is also scheduled to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of various other projects at the Chingei Lampak area in Bishnupur district.
The chief minister on Thursday inspected the INA headquarters in Bishnupur district and Marjing Statue Complex in Imphal East district ahead of Shah’s visit. Singh had on Wednesday inspected the Churachandpur medical college.
Meanwhile, the state government has beefed up security in the state ahead of the visit of the home minister and also ordered a “no fly zone for drones and UAV” as well as the clearing up of unattended vehicles and construction materials along the route and site where Shah is set to visit.
The District Magistrate of Churachandpur has ordered a “no fly zone for drones and UAV” at Churachandpur Medical College and its vicinity from Friday morning until Shah’s departure.
Similar orders at the INA headquarters in the Moirang area were also issued by the District Magistrate of Bishnupur. With agency inputs
