COIMBATORE: The Tamil Nadu Police has put in place a five-tier security blanket in and around Coimbatore and also Tamil Nadu-Kerala border as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s is visiting on February 24 to unveil the 112-foot tall ‘Face of Adhiyogi’ at Isha Yoga Centre. Additional Police personnel would be deployed along the state borders to prevent possible infiltration of extremists and Naxalites, Police said as the venue is near the Western Ghats and also close to the mountain ranges in Kerala. In view of protests by the human rights organizations, various political parties, farmers and tribal bodies, alleging Adiyogi’s face was built on encroached land and that Modi’s visit would only regularise it (land) heavy security has been deployed. The CPI (M) and CPI pointed to various alleged violations in setting up of the statue and said the Prime Minister should not visit the venue. The Prime Minister is scheduled to arrive by 5.30 PM at Sulur airport near here and afterwards leave for the venue by a helicopter.]]>
