Following protocol of Covid-19 Republic Day will be celebrated this year with great enthusiasm and grandeur, main event of the State will be held on January 26 at the Lal Parade Ground in state capital.
The Beating the Retreat ceremony will be held on 29 January. Additional Director General of Police SAF Milind Kanaskar held a meeting of the concerned officials and discussed arrangements and preparations for both these events on Tuesday. Kanaskar directed the officials to finalize all preparations keeping in mind the dignity of the Republic Day. For the Republic Day parade, he discussed and assigned responsibilities including meeting arrangements of spectators and invited guests.
He also gave necessary instructions regarding the selection of tunes played at Beating the Retreat, fireworks and electrical arrangements to the officials.The parade rehearsal for the Republic Day celebrations would begin on January 4. The full dress final rehearsal will be held on 24 January.
Additional Director General of Police Planning, Anil Kumar, Inspector General of Police Visbal Range Satish Saxena, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Irshad Wali, Deputy Inspector General of Police, RS Parihar were present. Police officers from various branches of Police Headquarters were present along with Commandent of Battalion 7 Corps Tarun Nayak and Commandent Battalion 23 Mohammad Yusuf Qureshi.
The Republic Day celebrations in Madhya Pradesh will conclude on January 29 at the Motilal Nehru Stadium in Bhopal, with the "Beating the Retreat" ceremony following the protocol to prevent Covid-19 infection.