President Murmu will visit Assam on October 13-14

Guwahati: President Draupadi Murmu will be in Assam for a two-day tour from October 13, in his first visit to the state after assuming the top post, state tourism minister Jayanta Mala Barua said on Tuesday.

The President will arrive in Guwahati on Thursday and attend a program at IIT Guwahati, he told mediapersons here, and take part in several government programmes.

He said she will inaugurate the Dhubri Medical College and Hospital and attend a civic program to be held at the Assam Administrative Staff College where at least 500 eminent personalities from across the state will interact with her.

The President will visit the Kamakhya Temple on the morning of October 14.

According to the minister, at a scheduled program at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra later in the day, the President will lay the foundation stone of 2,000 Anganwadi centers, 100 tea garden schools and various state and central government schemes. Murmu will leave on Friday evening.

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