Dr Kalam on 2-day visit to Mumbai from tomorrow

Mumbai, Jul 16: President A P J Abdul Kalam will visit the KEM Hospital here tomorrow to inquire after the health of the injured in the serial blasts of July 11.

The President, upon his arrival here tomorrow, will immediately proceed to the KEM Hospital, State Government's Protocol Department sources informed. Thereafter, he will visit the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and interact with young scientists and engineers.

On July 18, the second day of his two-day visit here, Dr Kalam will inaugurate the 150th anniversary of the Mumbai University.

On the same day, he will also launch the centenary celebrations of the Indian Merchants Chamber (IMC). He is also scheduled to visit the Asian Heart Institute at Bandra.

Dr Kalam, thereafter, will visit the Mahim railway station and pay homage to the blast victims by observing a two-minute silence at 1824 hours which, incidentally, is the time when the first of the seven blasts occurred here on July 11. He will later leave for Delhi.

UNI