Tomorrow 'His Highness' the president of India, Pranab Mukerjee is coming to Dharamsala. The kind of arrangements being made for his arrival are shocking and awful wastage of public funds. A description:
About thirty VIP cars would accompany his highness from Gaggal airport to temporary campus of Central University Dharamsala at Shahpur. He would arrive in a chartered plane from Delhi to Pathankot. From Pathankot his highness would come in three helicopters. While two helicopters would be parked at Gaggal airport, one helicopters would hover the sky while president and the team accompanying him would travel 20 kms on road.
A special team including that of media is accompanying the president. The occasion is simply the 2 nd annual convocation of Central University Himachal Pradesh that unfortunately does not have its own campus. The president is going to stay for convocation for just 2 hours to distribute degrees to about 240 students and cost of the entire exercise would be around Rs 2 crores.
Besides the President, the Chief Minister Himachal Pradesh and governor Himachal Pradesh would be participating in the convocation. This means additional wastage of funds on making arrangements for these VVIPS and entire administrative machinery of Kangra district looking after the VVIPS and ignoring the common people.
Why cant the president of India come simply, interact with students and distribute degrees to them. Why the country has to bear the burden of this colonial legacy of Vice Roy's or representatives of the throne.
About thirty VIP cars would accompany his highness from Gaggal airport to temporary campus of Central University Dharamsala at Shahpur. He would arrive in a chartered plane from Delhi to Pathankot. From Pathankot his highness would come in three helicopters. While two helicopters would be parked at Gaggal airport, one helicopters would hover the sky while president and the team accompanying him would travel 20 kms on road.
A special team including that of media is accompanying the president. The occasion is simply the 2 nd annual convocation of Central University Himachal Pradesh that unfortunately does not have its own campus. The president is going to stay for convocation for just 2 hours to distribute degrees to about 240 students and cost of the entire exercise would be around Rs 2 crores.
Besides the President, the Chief Minister Himachal Pradesh and governor Himachal Pradesh would be participating in the convocation. This means additional wastage of funds on making arrangements for these VVIPS and entire administrative machinery of Kangra district looking after the VVIPS and ignoring the common people.
Why cant the president of India come simply, interact with students and distribute degrees to them. Why the country has to bear the burden of this colonial legacy of Vice Roy's or representatives of the throne.
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