31-Jan-2025 08:20 PM
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Chennai, Jan 31 (Reporter) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar and Union Home Minister
Amit Shah arrived here on Friday evening from New Delhi on a brief visit to the city.
Mr Dhankar was received at the airport by Tamil Nadu Governor R Ravi, Health
Minister Ma.Subramanian, DMK MP Trichy N Siva, Greater Chennai Corporation
Mayor R Priya, Chief Secretary N.Muruganandam, among others.
About an hour later, Mr Amit Shah arrived from Delhi and was received at the airport
by senior BJP leaders.
Later, he left for Mahabalipuram, about 55 km from here by road, to attend the wedding
of former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu's family member, after which he will leave
for New Delhi.
The Vice-President will preside as the Chief Guest at the 3rd National Conference
of the Deaf-Blind on Advocacy for Education, Accessibility and Wellbeing.
The event is being organised by the National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with
Multiple Disabilities (Divyangjan), Chennai, an organisation under the Department of
Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment, Government of India.
The National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (Divyangjan)
was located at Muttukadu on the ECR about 45 km from Chennai.
He is also expected to attend Mr Venkaiah Naidu's family wedding, before leaving for
New Delhi.
Meanwhile, police have made elaborate and tight security arrangements in view of the
visit of two VVIPs and have banned flying of drones and UAVs.
The entire stretch of the route to be travelled by them right from airport to Raj Bhavan
and to the function venues, has been declared as a "Red Zone' by the police.
An order under section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 was
promulgated prohibiting use of drones, remote controlled micro-lighted aircrafts,
para gliders is already in force from December 26, 2024 to February 23, 2025 in
Greater Chennai Police limits.
In view of security reasons, the area coming under the jurisdiction of Greater Chennai
Police including Chennai Airport, Raj Bhavan and the routes to be traversed by the
VVIP have been declared as a “Red Zone” (RED ZONE) and flying of Remotely Piloted
Aircraft Systems (RPAS)/Drone and any other aerial objects have been banned in
Chennai, except the Government arrangements...////...