1,000 police personnel to be deployed for President’s visit to Theppakadu
The Hindu
Preps underway for President Draupadi Murmu's visit to Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) on Sat. Practice landing of helicopter staged inside reserve to ensure safety. Murmu to visit Theppakadu Elephant Camp, meet adivasi couple featured in award-winning doc. Meeting held to discuss preps, security scaled up with regular patrolling & combing ops. Camp closed to tourists till end of visit. Murmu to arrive by military helicopter, participate in activities & depart an hour later. 924 police personnel, Naxal Special Division, Special Task Force & forest personnel with drones to be deployed.
Preparations are under way for the visit of President Draupadi Murmu to the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) on Saturday.
On Thursday, a practice landing of the helicopter in which Ms. Murmu is scheduled to reach MTR was staged inside the tiger reserve. Officials said that the landing was part of standard protocol to ensure that the landing pad met safety standards.
Ms. Murmu is expected to visit the Theppakadu Elephant Camp in MTR and to meet adivasi couple, Bomman and Bellie, who were featured in the award-winning documentary, Elephant Whisperes.
A meeting was also held in MTR, which was chaired by Additional Chief Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forests, Supriya Sahu, and was attended by Chief Wildlife Warden, Srinivas R. Reddy, Field Director of MTR, D. Venkatesh, Nilgiris District Collector, S.P. Amrith and District Superintendent of Police K. Prabhakar.
Preparations for the visit of the President were discussed at the meeting.
Officials stated that security around the Theppakadu Elephant Camp and around the reserve would be scaled up in the run-up to Ms. Murmu’s visit. Police presence has also been stepped up with regular patrolling and combing operations being undertaken as part of a slew of safety precautions.
The Theppakadu Elephant Camp was also closed to tourist visitors from July 31, and will be closed till the end of the President’s visit. According to sources, Ms. Murmu is scheduled to arrive by military helicopter on Saturday at around 3.30 p.m. , and to participate in activities around the camp, and depart around an hour later by helicopter to Chennai.
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