# 5,000 police deployed as Modi set to inaugurate Bhogapuram airport 2026-08-20T09:13:03+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Nearly 5,000 police personnel will be deployed at Bhogapuram in Visakhapatnam district for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit on August 1 to inaugurate the Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport. A no-fly zone has been declared for 72 hours, and drones, paragliders and unmanned aerial vehicles are banned within a 5-km radius of the airport, the public meeting venue and helipad from July 29 evening to August 1 evening. The Prime Minister will arrive on a special flight from Delhi at 11:30 am and spend two hours and twenty-five minutes at the site. He will be welcomed by 200 classical dancers performing Kuchipudi and later by over 13,000 tribal women and students performing Dhimsa dance during his open-top vehicle procession to the public meeting, which is expected to draw 2 lakh people. The organisers are aiming for a Guinness World Record for highest participation. Besides the airport, Modi will inaugurate and lay foundation stones for projects worth Rs 17,912 crore, including an aviation hub, a skill development centre and an educity. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Governor S Abdul Nazeer will accompany him. Rehearsals are underway, and a fleet of buses will ferry attendees from across North Andhra. ## Indian Opinion Analysis A police deployment of 5,000 for a single public meeting signals the high security sensitivity around Prime Minister Modi's visits, particularly in Andhra Pradesh where Maoist presence remains a concern in interior districts. The Alluri Sitarama Raju Airport is named after a tribal freedom fighter, a deliberate political signal in a state where the Telugu Desam Party and BJP are alliance partners. At Rs 17,912 crore worth of projects inaugurated, the package is substantial for the Vizag region's infrastructure push. The Guinness World Records attempt for highest participation in a dance indicates the event is being choreographed for maximum visual impact beyond just the inauguration. Watch if the alliance's political messaging about development delivery gains traction in the upcoming local body elections. ## Coverage - thehansindia.com Led with security preparations and cultural performances, no critical framing or questioning of costs or security measures This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport, Andhra Pradesh, Bhogapuram, N Chandrababu Naidu, Narendra Modi, Visakhapatnam Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/5000-police-deployed-as-modi-set-to-inaugurate-bhogapuram-airport/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/5000-police-deployed-as-modi-set-to-inaugurate-bhogapuram-airport/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/