President Draupadi Murmu is likely to visit Tripura on a 2-day tour on October 13

Murmu will flag off the Guwahati to Kolkata express up to Agartala and the extension of the Agartala-Jiribam-Agartala route during the visit. 

Digital Desk: President Draupadi Murmu will be on a 2-day visit to Tripura and is scheduled to land at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Tripura on Wednesday morning. It will be Murmu's first visit to the state after becoming President.

The President will inaugurate several development projects in Tripura during her two-day visit to the state, an official informed.

Murmu will flag off the Guwahati to Kolkata express up to Agartala and the extension of the Agartala-Jiribam-Agartala route during the visit. 

According to reports, the Jan Satabdi express up to Khongsang (Manipur) has a new LHB rake and Vistadome coach.

She would also dedicate the nation's trans-shiftment yard, which was constructed six kilometres from the state capital at Nischintapur, the crossing location of the Indo-Bangla railway project.

At Narsinghgarh in the West Tripura district, the President is set to lay the foundation for the Pushbanta Palace Museum and National Law University.

Pushbanta Palace, constructed in 1917 by Maharaja Birendra Kishore Mankya Bahadur, is slated to be transformed into a digital museum by the state government. When visiting Tripura, Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore stayed at the palace. Up until April 2018, the Governor's formal residence was the Pushbanta Palace.

The Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) will host a civic welcome for Murmu at Town Hall with Chief Minister Manik Saha, Mayor Dipak Majumder, and cabinet officials in attendance. The President is anticipated to meet with dignitaries, popular figures, and political leaders.

On October 13, the President is planned to travel to Udaipur to pray at the Tripureswari temple before departing the city for Guwahati at 1:10.

In preparation for the President's visit to the state, security has been tightened up in Agartala and the surrounding area.

A high-level security team from Delhi has already come here to oversee the security arrangements for the President's visit. They went to the program locations to inspect the state police's security measures. For greater coordination, they are in contact with senior police officers ", a senior police officer stated.