New Delhi:President Droupadi Murmu will visit Odisha and Andhra Pradesh from November 20-22 to attend a host of programmes, according to a statement issued on Sunday by the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The president will attend the inaugural session of the 36th Annual Conference and Literary Festival of All India Santali Writers' Association at Baripada on Monday.
"On the same day, she will also inaugurate an Eklavya Model Residential School at Kuliana," it said. President Murmu was born in a Santhali tribal family at Uparbeda village under Mayurbhanj in Odisha. On November 21, President Murmu will inaugurate a skill training center at Pahadpur village, the statement said.
Subsequently, she will visit Badampahar railway station from where she will flag off three new trains (BadampaharTatanagar MEMU, Badampahar-Rourkela Weekly Express and Badampahar-Shalimar Weekly Express), inaugurate new Rairangpur postal division, release a commemorative cover of Rairangpur postal division and lay the foundation stone for redevelopment of Badampahar railway station, it said.