North Delhi Mayor Preety Agarwal on Tuesday hoisted national flag to mark the 71st Independence Day at Civic Center. On the occasion, Mayor said she is proud to be an Indian and we must remember the value of our Independence by remembering the sacrifices made by the freedom fighters to make India Independent. Mayor also administered the pledge of cleanliness to all present that they would not throw garbage in the open and would also not allow any other to do so.
To mark the day, the Mayor also launched an ambitious tree plantation drive to plant 1 lakh trees and shrubs in the area of North Delhi Municipal Corporation alone by planting a tree in the complex of Civic Centre. These trees will be planted by August 23. "The drive is aimed at creating better environment along with Swachchh Bharat Mission that is to improve the cleanliness. Hence, efforts will improve over all environments to make the city worth living," she said.
Meanwhile, municipal commissioner of NMC Praveen Gupta also hoisted the National flag at kamla Nagar multi level automatic parking.
Deputy Mayor Vijay Bhagat; leader of house Jayender Dabas; leader of Opposition Rakesh Kumar; Additional Commissioner (DEMS), Deepak Hastir; Additional Commissioner (Finance) Pankaj Kumar Singh; Additional Commissioner (engineering) SK Bhandari; Additional Commissioner (Revenue), Ms Renu Jag Dev; former deputy speaker of Delhi legislative Assembly Alok Kumar and other senior officials of the Corporations were also present.