MP M. Sribharat briefing about the arrangements for the event to be attended by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to Collector M.N. Harendhira Prasad, at GITAM Deemed to be University in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.
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District Collector M.N. Harendhira Prasad reviewed the arrangements made for Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s scheduled visit to the city.

Mr. Naidu was scheduled to arrive in the city on Wednesday late night and take part in a programme at GITAM Deemed to be University on Thursday (March 6, 2025).

Along with Mr. Naidu, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, former Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu, BJP State president Daggubati Purandeswari are also scheduled to participate in th event.

The Collector, along with the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) officials, on Wednesday morning inspected the route the Chief Minister is scheduled to take. He asked the officials to ensure proper sanitation and cleanliness along the roads.

He also asked them to adorn the central medians with greenery. Pointing out that some statues were still covered with clothes though the MLC election code ended, the Collector asked the officials to uncover the statues.

The Collector also inspected the arrangements made at the GITAM Deemed to be University. He was accompanied by Visakhapatnam MP and GITAM president M. Sribharat. The police personnel from the North Sub-division reviewed the security arrangements on the campus.

Mr. Naidu is scheduled to land at Visakhapatnam airport at around 11.45 p.m. from New Delhi. He will proceed to the TDP office where he would make the night halt. He will attend a book release function at the GITAM Deemed to Be University at around 10.30 a.m. on Thursday.

‘Post-Budget Interaction’

Meanwhile, Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to attend a ‘Post-Budget Interaction’ at Hotel Novotel at around 12.30 p.m. The programme is being organised by Government of India. She will be accompanied by Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Choudhary.

Visakhapatnam Police Commissioner Shankhabrata Bagchi, DCPs and ACPs conducted a review meeting to discuss the arrangements. Traffic arrangements are being monitored by ADCP (Traffic) K. Praveen Kumar.