Chopper scare: President Murmu’s helicopter wheels sink into landing pad in Kerala

NEW DELHI: A chopper carrying President Droupadi Murmu faced an unexpected incidental erstwhile a information of the helipad tarmac astatine Pramadam Stadium successful Kerala sank aft landing connected Wednesday during her authoritative four-day sojourn to the state, wherever she was scheduled to connection prayers astatine the Sabarimala temple.Quick enactment was taken by constabulary and occurrence section personnel, who manually pushed the craft distant from the sunken country to guarantee information aft the helipad aboveground partially caved successful moments aft touchdown, according to quality bureau PTI.President Murmu's Kerala sojourn began connected October 21 and volition reason connected October 24. She arrived astatine Thiruvananthapuram Airport connected Tuesday, wherever she received a ceremonial invited from authorities officials."Governor of Kerala Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Chief Minister Shri Pinarayi Vijayan and Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Shri George Kurian received President Droupadi Murmu connected her accomplishment astatine Thiruvananthapuram," stated the President's authoritative X account."Warmly welcomed Hon'ble President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, connected her sojourn to Kerala.

Her beingness was a large honour for the State and our people," Kerala CM Vijayan posted connected X.The President's itinerary includes performing darshan and aarti astatine the Sabarimala Temple connected October 22.On October 23, she unveiled erstwhile President K.R. Narayanan's bust astatine Raj Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram. She besides inaugurated the Mahasamadhi Centenary observance of Sree Narayana Guru astatine Sivagiri Mutt, Varkala, and attended the valedictory relation of St.

Thomas College's Platinum Jubilee celebrations successful Palai.Her docket for October 24 includes attending the centenary celebrations of St. Teresa's College successful Ernakulam.A BJP delegation, led by party's Kerala President Rajeev Chandrasekhar, met with President Murmu astatine Raj Bhavan successful Thiruvananthapuram. According to a enactment release, they discussed assorted nationalist concerns, including the Sabarimala golden theft incident.