President Droupadi Murmu on a three-day visit to Assam

Guwahati: President Droupadi Murmu will arrive in Assam on Thursday on a three-day visit, officials said.

Murmu’s flight will land at Jorhat Airport in the afternoon, and from there she will proceed to Kaziranga National Park, he said.
She will visit the western range of the park at Bagori, take a jeep safari and then attend a cultural program in the central range at Kohora in the evening.

The President will inaugurate the two-day ‘Gaj Festival’ at the park on Friday morning before leaving for Guwahati.

The annual fair, organized jointly by the Center and state governments, aims to protect the Asian elephant and find ways to resolve the growing human-elephant conflict.
She will flag off the Mount Kanchenjunga Expedition-2023 in Guwahati on Friday, and attend the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of the Guwahati High Court.

Murmu will leave for Tezpur on Saturday. At the Air Force Station in Tezpur, she will take a round of Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter jets before departing for Delhi.