By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: President Ram Nath Kovinda on Friday arrived here to attend a function to present Colours to Corps of Army Air Defence at Gopalpur in Odisha’s southern district of Ganjam during his visit.
Governor Ganeshi Lal, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union PNG-Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, Small and Medium Scale Industries Pratap Sarangi were among those present and welcomed the President at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here on arrival.
“Honoured to receive Hon’ble President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind ji at Bhubaneswar Airport today. Hon. @rashtrapatibhvn will present Colours to Corps of Army Air Defence at Gopalpur during his visit, “twitted Dharmendra .
As per the scheduled programme, Kovind will attend the 25th convocation day function of the institution to be held at 8:30 am tomorrow. He will also address the members of the Army AD College in the event tomorrow. Elaborate security arrangements have been made by the Ganjam district administration in Berhampur to ensure the safety of the President.