Bhubaneswar, Aug. 2 -- Elaborate security and traffic arrangements have been put in place for President Droupadi Murmu's official visit to Odisha from August 3 to 5, with around 40 platoons of police and nearly 150 officers to be deployed, a top police officer said.

The security measures include extensive deployment of police personnel, specialised units and plainclothes officers, along with traffic management arrangements across the locations the President is scheduled to visit.

Speaking about the security arrangements, Police Commissioner S Devadutta Singh said on Saturday that the President will attend programmes in areas under the jurisdiction of the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate Police as well as at other locations across the...