Pratibha Patil to undertake a two-day visit to Vidarbha from today

Nagpur, Sept 6 : President Pratibha Patil will arrive here this morning on a two-day visit to Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.

After reaching Nagpur by a special flight, the President will fly to Achalpur in Amravati District for laying the foundation stone of Finlay Mills.

After an overnight stay at Amravati, the president will flag off a twice-a-week Amravati-Mumbai train on Sunday afternoon and lay the foundation stone for modernization of Amravati Railway Station. Maharashtra Governor S C Jamir, Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil are attending the President's programmes.

Patil will fly back to New Delhi the same evening via Nagpur.

ANI