PRESIDENT TO VISIT MADHYA PRADESH
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam,
President of India is scheduled to visit Bhopal in the afternoon
of 5th September, 2002. His programmes at Bhopal would
include inauguration of the National Judicial Academy and a visit
to the Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre.
Apart from these,
the President is scheduled to participate in an interactive programme
with school children at the Vidhan Sabha, where the Jan Shiksha
Adhiniyam would be formally released by him.
The President
will meet some of the citizens who had been affected in the Bhopal
gas leak disaster and those who are working for their welfare.
He will also have an opportunity to meet a few individuals and
groups.
On the morning
of 6th September 2002, the President is scheduled to
visit the remote village of Torni in District Khandwa where he
will observe the Water Management works at Ridges 1 & 2. He
would also make use of this opportunity to witness biotech activities
at Ridge 2 apart from interacting with the villagers and Women
Self Help Groups.
The President
is returning to New Delhi by the afternoon of September 6, 2002.