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As many as 5,000 security personnel have been deployed to ensure full security to visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa who will be in Sanchi today to lay the foundation stone of an international Buddhist University.
Heavy security cover has been put in place on all the roads leading to Sanchi from state capital Bhopal,bus and railway stations and all markets were closed.
State authorities have also asked the Railways Ministry to ensure that no train stops in any station between Bhopal and Vidisha,including Sanchi,in view of the protest by some Tamil groups.
Around 11 trains are scheduled to stop between Vidisha and Bhopal on usual days.
We have made elaborate security arrangements. Each and every place has been covered, said Ajay Sharma,IG of Madhya Pradesh Police and in-charge of security for Rajapaksa’s visit on Friday.
All commercial establishments near Sanchi have been closed by authorities.
Rajapaksa will visit Sanchi Stupa,where relics of Lord Buddha are kept,and then lay the foundation stone for ‘Sanchi University of Buddhist and India Studies’ aimed at promoting mutual relationship between Asian countries.
Rajapaksa will come by helicopter from Bhopal.
At Sanchi,he will be received by Madhya Pradesh Culture and Public Relations Minister Laxmikant Sharma.
Hundreds of Buddhists have come from across the country and many from outside to participate in today’s function.
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