NILGIRIS: Bad weather forced a change in President Droupadi Murmu’s travel plans to Nilgiris on Wednesday, after she arrived in the state on a three-day visit.
After landing in the Coimbatore airport from New Delhi in the morning, the President was supposed to take a helicopter ride to Ooty from Sulur air base. But inclement weather forced the President to drive up in a motor cade to the hill station instead.
Her convoy proceeded to Ooty Raj Bhavan via Kotagiri. Tourists had to wait for two hours to proceed to Doddabetta Peak for the President’s convoy to pass.
Governor R N Ravi, Tamil Nadu Backward Class Welfare Minister V Meyyanathan, Nilgiris Collector Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneru welcomed Murmu at the Raj Bhavan.
The President will address faculty and student officers of the Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) in Wellington.
On Friday, she will interact with Toda community leaders and the tribal women self-help group members. In view of of the President’s visit, over 1,000 police personnel have been deployed in Nilgiris district.
The President will be chief guest at the convocation ceremony of the Central University of Tamil Nadu at Thiruvarur on November 30.