IMPHAL, November 29: Security arrangement for Prime Minister Narendra Modi`™s first visit to the State after his mammoth victory at 14th Lok Sabha Election is creating quite a buzz.
Combing operations are being conducted like never before, even as a SPG team is already in the State to oversee the security preparation.
The Prime Minister will be attending the closing function of the Manipur Sangai Festival 2014 on November 30 at the Bheigyachandra Open Air Theatre.
As part of the security preparation for the Prime Minister`™s one and half hour stop in the State before hurrying off to Nagaland, the SPG has had IFCD pump out water from the two pools at the entrance of the BOAT this evening.
The IFCD had started the process since yesterday around 9pm and was unfinished till the filing of this report late this evening.
Three big water pumps and nine smaller pumps are being used to pump out water from one pool to the other.
A bystander, who was visiting the festival but ended up watching the pools suck dry, said all the security measures taken up for the visit was making the festival a chaotic event.
He said India is such an advance country, and if they really had to check the bottom of the ponds, than why can`™t they use something which could plunge deep into the water and check the bottom.
At the same time, since militant groups including the CorCom have imposed a curfew and a bandh tomorrow, the festival drew maximum crowd today making it all the more chaotic.
Meanwhile, the Commerce & Industries director B John Tlangtinkhuna has also served a notice to all food stalls to remove their gas cylinders from their stalls latest by tomorrow morning.
The government notice was issued late this evening. Many are unhappy with the notice as the stall owners had paid huge deposit money for the opening their stalls and now they have to close shop before the closing day.