Chandigarh: French President Francois Hollande will arrive in Chandigarh on Sunday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also be in Chandigarh to meet the French President at city's famous landmark - the Rock Garden.
Later, they will join CEOs from France and India at a business summit where at least 25 business heads from both the countries will attend the summit.
Hollande had expressed his desire to visit Chandigarh, one of the few planned cities in the country, designed by famous French architect Le Corbusier in the 1950s and 1960s.
President Hollande is likely to visit Chandigarh's 'Capitol Complex', Sector 17 Plaza (the city's commercial and business centre), Tagore Theatre and the Le Corbusier Centre in Sector 19.
The French Ambassador to India had recently visited the city in preparation for the president's visit.
In 2015, when Modi made his first visit to the city after becoming Prime Minister, the city's administration was reprimanded by the Home Ministry for going over-board on the security part and virtually locking in the entire city.
The Chandigarh Administration is careful this time that nothing of that sort is repeated even though two VVIPs will be here on the same day. The over-zealous administration had ordered shutting down of schools and sealed certain roads and parts of the city. Even the city's cremation ground became out of bounds for city residents.
All these measures, which harassed residents, drew considerable flak, forcing Modi to tweet and apologise for the same and even order a probe into the matter.
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