PM Modi to attend Sikkim’s statehood celebrations, inaugurate a number of initiatives at the moment, examine full schedule

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to attend the golden jubilee celebrations of Sikkim’s statehood at Paljor Stadium in Gangtok on Thursday. This could be PM Modi’s second go to to Sikkim because the prime minister.

“The PM will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of several projects, including a 500-bed district hospital worth over Rs 750 crore in Namchi, passenger ropeway at Sangachoeling in Pelling in Gyalshing district, statue of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji at Atal Amrit Udyan in Gangtok, among others,” an official launch stated.

PM Modi in Sikkim: Check full schedule

Preparations are underway in Gangtok forward of Prime Minister Modi’s go to. At round 11 AM, PM Modi will take part within the “Sikkim@50: Where Progress meets purpose and nature nurtures growth” programme. PM Modi may also lay the muse stone, inaugurate a number of growth initiatives in Sikkim, and tackle the gathering.

He may also launch a commemorative coin, memento coin and stamp of fifty years of statehood, it stated.

“The PM’s visit has been preponed and he would be landing at Libing Helipad at 9.45 am and his motorcade would reach Paljor Stadium at 10 am. He would participate in ‘Sikkim@50’ celebrations till 11.30 am,” Gangtok’s Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Tenzing Loden Lepcha informed reporters.

Lepcha stated that the principle perform at Paljor Stadium will probably be from 10 am to 11.30 am, adopted by a quick personal assembly until 11.45 am.

He stated that elaborate safety preparations have been made to make sure the graceful conduct of the grand celebrations of fiftieth 12 months of Sikkim’s integration with India because the twenty second state.

PM Modi is scheduled to depart from Sikkim for Alipurduar in West Bengal by midday, the police officer stated.

The PM would tackle a gathering of round one lakh folks on the event, officers stated.

In order to keep up safety, the route between Libing Helipad and Paljor Stadium will probably be fully sealed off for the general public and site visitors in the course of the motion of the PM’s motorcade, Lepcha stated.

Additionally, a number of sectoral routes inside Gangtok will stay closed quickly, he stated, including round 1,000 personnel, together with deputy superintendents of police (DSP), inspectors and sub-inspectors, will probably be deployed from the Bagdogra to Gangtok hall, together with in areas resembling Pakyong, Ranipool, and Rangpo.

All academic establishments and authorities workplaces from Ranipool to Gangtok will stay closed on Thursday, Lepcha stated. The SSP appealed to attendees to reach at Paljor Stadium earlier than 8 am and stay seated till the prime minister’s departure.

He stated that particular parking zones have been designated for guests and emergency medical autos will probably be granted motion in the course of the restricted hours, however solely below police escort.

In view of PM Modi’s go to, authorities have issued a revised public advisory to streamline site visitors motion and guarantee public security across the VVIP occasion at Paljor Stadium.

According to an advisory, all gates of Paljor Stadium will probably be opened for public entry at 5.30 am.

All autos and people are requested to achieve the venue by 8 am, Lepcha stated, including that after 8 am vehicular motion in and across the stadium will probably be strictly prohibited, with exceptions made just for authorised shuttle buses and emergency autos.

From 8 am until the conclusion of the programme, a number of areas across the stadium will probably be transformed into traffic-free zones, the SSP added.

Formal invites have been prolonged to all officers, from the rank of deputy secretary and under-secretary (and their equivalents) to workers members of varied state authorities departments, PSUs, and central authorities companies in Gangtok, the Home Department notification stated.

The heads of departments and secretaries have additionally been directed to make sure the presence of their respective officers and staffers.

(With inputs from PTI)