PANJIM, JAN 2
President Pratibha Patil will arrive on a four-day visit to Goa beginning from today, Monday. Government sources said her visit is ‘purely a private trip’ to Goa and that no official programmes have been lined up.
The president will arrive by a special Indian Air Force plane at Dabolim airport and would stay at Raj Bhavan. She will leave for New Delhi on January 6. Apart from the water-tight security arrangements, traffic arrangements have also been tightened.
The Traffic Department has requested the public not to park their vehicles along the VVIP route from the airport to Raj Bhavan via Birla-Titan Junction-Bambolim-Goa University between January 3 and 6.
“To facilitate the smooth passage of the VVIP carcade, traffic will be stopped at various points well in advance from the security point of view. Public are requested to cooperate with the police and follow the traffic signals,” Superintendent of Police Arvind Gawas said.
The traffic police have also requested that no vehicle should be parked on Jack Sequeira Road and D B B Marg from Raj Bhavan to Divja Circle on January 4.
