8 December 2014 05:43 pm
According to Collector Siddharth Jain, the special flight carrying Mr. Rajapaksa and his entourage will be flying into the Renigunta airport at 4.30 pm, from where he will reach Tirumala hills by road. After offering prayers late in the evening and again participating in the pre-dawn ritual on Wednesday, he will motor down the hills by 8.15 am, reach airport by 9.30 am and fly back to Colombo.
Sleuths led by Superintendent of Police (Tirupati Urban) Gopinath Jatti sterilised the airport and Tirumala temple vicinity on Monday, ahead of the visit of the VVIP. He also discussed issues pertaining to protective cover with Sri Lankan security officials. A trial run of the convoy was taken up from the airport to the city.
The police department is doubly cautious this time, as Tamils managed to reach Tirupati through the porous borders to wave black flags to him during his earlier visit in February 2013, who were, however, arrested in time. (The Hindu)