Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to lay the foundation stone of several projects in Manipur on Friday. Shah has already laid the foundation stone for the Marjing Polo Statue at Sangaithel hillock in Imphal West district.
He also inaugurated the Churachandpur Medical College and Hospital, and unveil a 120-feet-high statue of a polo player riding a pony at Heingang Marjing Hill in Imphal East district later in the day.
Other projects which the Home Minister will inaugurate
Shah is scheduled to inaugurate and lay foundation stones for various other projects at Chingei Lampak area in Bishnupur district. The Union Home Minister will also hand out awards to all the poppy farmers who have adopted alternatives.
The Manipur government has beefed up security in the state in view of Shah's visit. He arrived here on Thursday and was received at the airport by Chief Minister N Biren Singh and Union minister R K Ranjan. A no-fly zone for drones and UAVs was also announced near the areas where Shah will visit.
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