The armed forces through various military gestures are saluting coronavirus warriors today. There are flypasts by fighter and transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) at multiple locations as announced earlier by Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat Rawat.
These aircraft will cover cities starting from Srinagar to Thiruvananthapuram and Dibrugarh to Kutch. Helicopters from the IAF and Indian Navy will fly over hospitals treating coronavirus patients and shower petals as a tribute to coronavirus warriors.
While C-130 transport aircraft will fly over Rajpath, the fighter will fly between 10 am-11 am. This flying activity is combined with the training activity of the IAF and opportunity flight for transport aircraft and helicopters who are involved in moving supplies related to Covid-19 task.
Flower petals will be dropped in Itanagar, Guwahati, Shillong and Kolkata, around 10:30 am. The Air Force band will be playing in Guwahati as well for paying tribute to the corona warriors.
In Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow, the flower-petal showering will take place at KGMU and SGPGI Trauma Center between 10:15-10:30 am. Fighter aircraft will flypast over Vidhan Sabha in Lucknow around 12:20 pm.
In the evening, Naval ships on the coasts of Mumbai, Porbandar, Karwar, Vizag, Chennai, Kochi and Port Blair will light up and flare fires in solidarity with the corona warriors. Indian Coast Guard ships will be seen at 24 places including Porbandar, Okha, Ratnagiri, Dahanu, Murud, Goa, New Mangalaore, Kavarati, Karaikal, Chennai, Krishnapatnam, Nizamapatanam, Puducherry, Kakinada, Paradip, Gopalpur/Puri, Sagar Island, Port Blair, Diglipur, Mayabundur, Hut bay and Campbel Bay.
CDS General Bipin Rawat had on Friday said the armed forces will express their gratitude to the coronavirus warriors through various military gestures on Sunday. General Bipin Rawat said the tri-services including Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force will organise various events for the doctors, nurses, police, media, delivery personnel, bank employees, government employees and local store owners as a mark of respect for them.
Source: India Today
Image Courtesy: AIR
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