PM to visit Chhattisgarh tomorrow; security stepped up

A multi-layeredsecurityblanket has been thrown over Raipur and Rajnandgaon districts for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tour of Chhattisgarh, tomorrow.
Modi will launch a number of schemes including the key 'Rurban mission' at Kurrubhat village in Rajandgaon, while upcoming state capital Naya Raipur will also witness unveiling of several programmes.
The Prime Minister will arrive at the Swami Vivekanand Airport in Raipur at 8.45 AM by Air Force's special plane and will leave for Satya Sai Hospital where he will lay foundation stone of dwellings to be constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna, a public relation official said here.
Modi will then leave for Kurrubhat by a chopper where large-scale deployments of police and paramilitary forces have been made in and around the village. Modi will launch the Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission at around 11.00 AM.

Special Protection Group (SPG) officials in coordination with state police andparamilitaryofficials are dealing withsecurityarrangements, a senior police official told PTI said.
The multi-layeredsecuritywill keep a hawk eye at the venue where everybody will be frisked before entering.

Armed guards have been deployed at all strategic locations, he said, adding patrolling has been intensified in interior forest pockets adjoining Maharashtra border, he said.
Murmunda village cluster in Rajnandgaon will cater to 16
village panchayats.
Modi, on the occasion, will also declare two development blocks of Rajanandgaon - Ambagarh Chowki and Chhuriya - as "open defecation free".
Similarly, security has been beefed up at Naya Raipur where around 1,500 security personnel will be deployed.

Chief Minister Raman Singh today visited the venue at Naya Raipur and took stock of the preparations, he said.
Under the 'Housing for all' scheme, 40,000 homes will be built for average and lower income group, he said.
On the occasion, the Prime Minister will also lay foundation stone of electronic manufacturing cluster to be set up under the Make In India mission in Naya Raipur.
He will also launch Chhattisgarh Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development policy besides 'Jan Aushdhi Medical Store' under which 100 generic medicines stores will be opened at government district hospitals and community health centres.