Preparations for the Republic Day ceremony in the district have been started. The main function of the Republic Day ceremony will be held at Jawahar lal Nehru stadium at 9 am on January 26 this month. The function will be marked by hoisting of the tri-colour by the chief guest as well as inspection of the parade. During the Republic Day ceremony, eye-catching tableaux will be taken out by various Government departments.
These tableaux will primarily focus on public welfare schemes and total cleanliness campaign. A decision to this effect was taken in a review meeting chaired by Indore collector P Narhari here on Monday.
As decided in the meeting, a ‘Bharat Parv' will also be organised on the evening of the Republic Day wherein selected teams will perform cultural programmes. In the cultural programmes, the local artists will primarily showcase their talents.
While reviewing preparations for the Republic Day ceremony, collector directed the departments concerned to make preparations for the ceremony as per the dignity of the occasion and that too, well within stipulated time period.
During the ceremony, jawans of the BSF, Police, Homeguard, traffic police, NCC, scouts and guides, etc will take part in the colourful parade. Paanchayat sarpanchs will have done exceptional works for the total cleanliness and sanitation campaign in the district will also be allowed to take part in the parade.
The meeting among others was attended by the chief executive officer, district panchayat Ashish Singh, additional collectors Deepak Singh, Deepak Kumar and officials of various government departments. During the ceremony, officials and other individuals will also be felicitated and to be awarded for their exceptional works during the year. Selection of names will be done by a committee to be constituted by the district collector. Final dress rehearsal of the Republic Day ceremony will be held on January 24, it was informed in the meeting.