Jaipur, 12th August. The Armed Forces and different organisations of Ministry of Defence have been conducting various events across the countryto commemorate the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence, being celebrated as ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’.
Raksha Mantri Mr Rajnath Singh will formally launch various major events
virtually from New Delhi on August 13, 2021. Following are the events to be
launched in the run-up to Independence Day 2021:
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Unfurling of National Flag at 75 Passes/Places: To commemorate 75 years
of Independence, Border Roads Organisation (BRO) will unfurl the National Flag
at 75 Important Passes and Places in the country, displaying their resolve in developing
border infrastructure. 75 teams of BRO will depart on August 13, 2021 to these
remote passes. The most prominent among them is ‘Umlingla Pass’, which is the Highest
Motorable Road in the World at 19,300 feet, in Eastern Ladakh. The national tri-colour
will also be unfurled at prominent infrastructure landmarks like Atal Tunnel,
Rohtang and Dhola Sadiya Bridgein the Northeast, besides in friendly foreign
countries.
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Unfurling of National Flag in Islands: Indian Coast Guard will be unfurling the
National Flag at 100 islands Pan-India on August 15, 2021 as part of 'Azadi ka
Amrit Mahotsav'. The proceedings will start on August 13, 2021.
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Freedom Run: Indian Navy personnel and their families will participate in the
freedom run at Naval Officers Mess Varuna, New Delhi. The Raksha Mantri will
virtually flag off by the freedom run, which is part of the Fit India Freedom
Run 2.0being launched across the country on August 13, 2021 to celebrate ‘Azadi
Ka Amrit Mahotsav’.
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Army Expedition: To instill a sense of pride and confidence among citizens that the
Indian Army is committed to protecting the country in all types of terrain
& climate, the teams of the Army will scale 75 mountain passes to mark this
momentous occasion.The passes include Saserla Pass in Ladakh region, Stakpochan
Pass in Kargil region, Satopanth, Harshil, Uttarakhand, Phim Karnla, Sikkim and
Point 4493, Tawang region of Arunachal Pradesh.The Raksha Mantri will flag off
the event on August 13, 2021.
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Cleaningof statues:To pay homage to the freedom fighters and the bravehearts of the
country for their invaluable role in India’s Independence, National Cadet Corps
(NCC)will conduct a Pan-India event, ‘Swatantra Senaniyon ko Naman’. The NCC cadets
will carry out cleaning and maintenance of 825 statues adopted by 825 NCC Battalions.
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Crowdsourcing module for Gallantry awards portal: To honour the Gallantry
award winners and motivate people, especially the youth, to interact with the
Gallantry awards portal (https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/), a ‘Gallantrypedia of Awardees’ will be
launched. People will be able to share their own content about the awardees which
would help in making the portal more engaging, dynamic and informative. The
portal is a one-stop platform to holistically showcase and celebrate the
bravery of the Gallantry award winners.
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Book on ‘Deeds of Gallantry’: To commemorate India’s victory in the 1971
war, a book ‘Deeds of Gallantry’ will be launched by the Raksha Mantri. The
book details 20 selected battles and highlights the gallantry of Indian
soldiers.
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Defence Products: To showcase and expand the defence export capabilities, various products/facility
will be launched by the Raksha Mantri. ‘Off the Shelf’ Export Ready Defence
Products Portfolio will be launched beginning with Fast Interceptor Boat by Goa
Shipyard Limited (GSL). Other launches include a Transducer Manufacturing &
Production facility developed by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) to cater to
the production of wide range of Transducers & underwater equipment and oxygen
concentrator developed by BEL which works by filtering and concentrating oxygen
molecules from the ambient air to provide patients with 90-95 per cent pure
oxygen.
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Jan Sampark Abhiyan: In another initiativeaimed at addressing the issues of the veterans, Jan
Sampark Abhiyan will be launched wherein a representative each of the
respective Zila Sainik Board along with a representative of Indian
Ex-Servicemen League, a recognised ESM association, will interact
simultaneously with the ESM fraternity in 75 districts across the country. The objective
is to address the issues of the veterans in a time-bound manner.
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Rejuvenation of water bodies: Water is life! Underlining the importance ofconservation
of this precious resource,Shri Rajnath Singh will flag off activities for
rejuvenationof 75 water bodies across 62 Cantonments by inaugurating the work
on the Patel ParkLake in Ambala Cantt.Rejuvenation of traditional and other
water bodies/tanks is one of the intervention areas of Jal Shakti Abhiyan, a
time-bound, mission-mode water conservation campaign.
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DRDO Scientists: A team of scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO) will be moving to border area villages to celebrate Independence Day.