President, Prime Minister to visit state in September

President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Andhra Pradesh separately on September 8 and 9. While the President is coming for darshan of Lord Venkateswara atop Tirumala Hills, the Prime Minister will witness the launch of PSLV C-21 which will be the 100th mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Official sources said that the President would arrive in Tirupati from Chennai on the afternoon of September 8 and proceed to Tirumala Hills. After a night halt on the hill, Mukherjee will worship Lord Venkateswara on September 9 morning. He will leave for New Delhi that afternoon, the sources added. Manmohan Singh will arrive at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on September 8 for a night halt. On September 9 morning, he will witness the launch of PSLV C-21 that will put a satellite each from France and Japan, besides a small Indian payload, into the orbit. The Prime Minister will leave for New Delhi after the launch, he added.

PTI