The city celebrated Republic Day with patriotic fervour and commitment of development. State Food and civil supplies Minister Saryu Roy, unfurled the Tricolourat the district administration’s R-Day event at Gopal Maidan on Saturday and hailed India’s transformation as one of the fastest growing economies.
“We have worked hard. We must remember and respect those who have struggled to make India reach where it is today,” Roy said, and urged all not to forget the challenges that came with development such as global warming and climate change.
“We need to make policies to make the planet thrive. So far, we have only thought about ourselves. The time now is for holistic growth,” he told the gathering
East Singhbhum DC Amit Kumar, SSP Anoop Birtharay, city SP Prabhat Kumar, DDC B. Maheshwari, freedom fighters and their kin, students and others were present on the occasion.
The Minister also honoured 30 freedom fighters or their spouses with shawls.
In his address, Roy said that the Government is dedicated in the progress of the society. All the welfare schemes funded by Centre and State are being passed on to the needy.
Roy, who inspected the parade by RAF, CRPF, district police and NCC cadets, appreciated the tableaus brought out by different departments of East Singhbhum, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, civil defence and Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya.
Republic Day parade was presented by Rapid Action Force (RAF), Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP), home guards and NCC cadets. Organisations and corporates also presented their respective floats.
Red Cross Society, Civil Defence, education department, agriculture department, Tata Steel, Tata Motors displayed their floats based on various themes.
Earlier in the day, Tata Steel vice president (safety, health and sustainability) Sanjiv Paul unfurled the Indian Tricolour at Tata Steel Works, where the company’s security, fire brigade, NCC and dog squad took part in the parade.