Pranab Mukherjee cancels visit to Jangipur due to bad weather

He waited for a long time at the airport for the weather to improve, but in vain, the officials said

Kolkata, Dec 14: President Pranab Mukherjee today cancelled his visit to Jangipur in Murshidabad district due to bad weather and poor visibility, prematurely ending his three-day visit to West Bengal.
The President left for Delhi from NSC Bose International Airport, airport officials said. (ALSO READ; Bus charred in Maharashtra; no casualty)

Earlier in the day, after delivering the Indira Gandhi Memorial lecture at the Asiatic Society, the President arrived at the airport to leave for Jangipur by a helicopter to participate in the concluding function of the K K Mukherjee Memorial football tournament. He waited for a long time at the airport for the weather to improve, but in vain, the officials said. Mukherjee attended a number of programmes in the city and Howrah since he arrived here on December 12.