Modi, Shah expected as Tirupati gets ready for DGP-IGP conference from December 4

A view of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) campus at Yerpedu in Tirupati district. The campus will host the all-India DGP-IGP conference from December 4, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are expected to attend. File

The temple city of Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh is gearing up to host the three-day all-India conference of Directors-General and Inspectors-General of Police (DGP-IGP), which is scheduled to begin on December 4.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are expected to attend. The Tirupati district administration is making elaborate arrangements for the event.

The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) campus on the Yerpedu-Venkatagiri road in Tirupati, the venue for the conference, is getting a facelift and tighter security ahead of the conference.

The Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati (IIT-T) and the Indian Culinary Institute (ICI), two national institutes near IISER, are also getting ready, since they are scheduled to host some sessions.

Tirupati District Collector S. Venkateswar, Joint Collector R. Govinda Rao, Superintendent of Police L. Subbarayudu and Tirupati Municipal Corporation (TMC) Commissioner M. Jayakrishna reviewed the arrangements for protocol, security, logistics, accommodation, transport and inter-departmental coordination in a series of closed-door meetings and site visits.

The officials have listed government guest houses, star hotels and private homestays in the city for advance reservation to ensure quality accommodation for the delegates.

Yoga will be given top priority during the conference. The Department of AYUSH has drawn up a special plan for police officers to take part in special yoga sessions during the three days.

The officers will do yoga for 45 minutes, following the Common Yoga Protocol, to ensure their physical and mental fitness, Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav said.

The idea is to make yoga a part of the officers’ daily schedule. Yoga improves concentration, memory and breath control, relieves stress and enhances physical fitness, he said.

Special trainers from the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, New Delhi, and the Manthena Ashram in Amaravati will conduct the sessions.