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Chennai, Nov 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Coimbatore on Wednesday for the South India Organic Farmers Summit has seen the biggest security deployment in recent years, with over 3,000 police personnel deployed across the city.
The South India Organic Farmers Summit, a major three-day conference, will begin on Wednesday at the Codicea trade fair complex. The Prime Minister will inaugurate this program which will run till 21st November.
During the ceremony, he will felicitate 18 top performing organic farmers for their achievements in sustainable agriculture.
More than 50,000 organic farmers from the southern states are expected to participate in this summit.
As per the official schedule, Prime Minister Modi will arrive at Coimbatore International Airport on Wednesday at 1.25 pm in a private plane from Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh. BJP leaders and workers are preparing to give him a grand welcome at the airport.
From there he will proceed by road and reach Codicea Arena at 1.40 pm to inaugurate the summit.
After the event, the Prime Minister will depart at 3.15 pm and return to the airport at 3.30 pm to board his flight to New Delhi.
With the high-profile visit and a large number of people expected to attend the summit, authorities have imposed extensive security measures across Coimbatore.
Kodisia Complex has been brought under the control of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and parking at Coimbatore airport has been suspended from Tuesday to Wednesday till 6 pm.
Traffic diversions have been implemented on Avinashi Road, one of the busiest routes in the city. Buses and heavy vehicles coming from Salem, Erode and Tiruppur will not be allowed to use the airport route and will instead have to enter the city via Ondipudur and Singanallur.
Entry of all vehicles including taxis will be completely banned in the airport from 12 noon to 3 pm on Wednesday.
Passengers have been instructed to reach the airport before noon and those arriving later will have to deboard at Chitra Junction and walk to the terminal.
The GD Naidu flyover will remain closed during the same period, while the entry of heavy vehicles into the city will be closed from 8 am to 8 pm on Wednesday.
The drone-flying ban, already in place in several areas of the city, has been extended to Singanallur, Chinniyampalayam, SIHS Colony, Nehru Nagar, Kalapatti, Kodisia Complex, Peelamedu, Saravanampatti, Ramanathapuram and Race Course.
These areas will remain red zone till 7 pm on Wednesday evening. As the city gears up for the arrival of the Prime Minister and a huge crowd of farmers, Coimbatore is seeing full-scale security operations to ensure a smooth and incident-free event.
–IANS
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