An official release on Sunday stated that President Droupadi Murmu will be visiting Odisha and Andhra Pradesh from November 20 to 22, 2023. President Murmu is scheduled to preside over the opening session of the 36th Annual Conference and Literary Festival of the All India Santali Writers’ Association at Baripada on November 20th. According to the release, she will also open an Eklavya Model Residential School in Kuliana on the same day. She is going to open a Skill Training Center at Pahadpur village on November 21.
Subsequently, she will visit Badampahar Railway station from where she will flag off three new trains (Badampahar- Tatanagar 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. She will travel from Badampahar to Rairangpur in the Badampahar-Shalimar Express. On the same evening, the President will grace the 15th annual convocation of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, the official release said.