Preparations for Republic Day were reviewed and responsibilities were assigned to various officials for cleanliness, security, traffic system, tableau and medical arrangements, etc. including parade and medical arrangements for the parade ground and necessary instructions regarding the selection of tunes played in Beating the Retreat, fireworks and electrical arrangements and assigned the responsibility to the officials at meeting at held at State Police Headquarters on Friday.
Republic Day will be celebrated with joy and gaiety. The main function of the state will be held on January 26 at the Lal Parade Ground in Jahangirabad.
The Beating the Retreat ceremony will be held on 29 January. In connection with the preparations for both these events, Special Director General of Police SAF Vijay Yadav took a meeting of the concerned officials.
At the meeting it was decided that the parade rehearsal for the Republic Day celebrations would begin on January 4.
The full dress final rehearsal will be held on 24 January. Assistant Inspector General of Police SAF Ashutosh Pratap Singh, Commandant 7th Battalion Santosh Singh Gaur and Commandant 23rd Battalion Simala Prasad and SP Rail Manish Agrawal were present in the meeting along with police officers of various branches of Police Headquarters.
"Beating the Retreat" will be held on 29 January which is program concludes with the formal completion of the Republic Day programs.
Republic Day celebrations in Madhya Pradesh will conclude on January 29 at Motilal Nehru Stadium, Bhopal, with the "Beating the Retreat" ceremony.