City Beautiful Celebrates 73rd Republic Day
Chandigarh, 26 January, 2022: The patriotic fervor warmed up the cold winter morning in Chandigarh today as officials of Chandigarh Administration, residents of Chandigarh enthusiastically gathered at Parade Ground, sector-17, Chandigarh to celebrate Republic Day 2022. Sh. Dharam Pal, Adviser to the Administrator, the chief guest of the occasion laid a wreath at the War Memorial, Bougainvillea Garden, in memory of all members of the armed forces. Moving to the main venue for Republic Day celebrations, the Adviser unfurled the National Flag and inspected the Guard of Honor.
After this he witnessed the March Past by various contingents of Police/Fire/NSS/NCC during the Republic Day Parade. This was followed by a vibrant parade comprising tableaux from different departments emphasizing on social messages and development. The tableaux of Fire and Rescue wing bagged the first position, whereas the second in line was Municipal Corporation.
Sh. Dharam Pal then addressed the audience with Republic Day wishes and highlighting the latest initiatives and achievements of Chandigarh Administration. Th Adviser expressed his gratitude to the people of Chandigarh for being welcoming and cooperative. He acknowledged all the Doctors, Health workers, frontline workers for their tireless efforts in tacking the ongoing Covid situation, and congratulated the Administration for successfully vaccinating the adult population of the city with both dozes.
After the address, the Chief Guest gave commendation certificates to awardees who have rendered their outstanding services in the field of Public Service, Art and Culture, Sports and Social Services. Along with this, Police personnel were also conferred Administrator’s Police Medal for their distinguished and meritorious services.
Further, awards were given to the best contingents of the Parade wherein Civil Defense received the first award in the parade, the second was Chandigarh Home Guard and Chandigarh Fire Service got the third position. In Police category, the first prize was bagged by Chandigarh police Female-2, whereas Punjab Police 1 got second position and CRPF came third. The overall trophy was bagged by Chandigarh police Female-2. In NCC contingents, NSS Girls and Boys bagged the best contingent trophy.
The celebrations in the honor of the date when the Constitution of India came into effect concluded with the National Anthem. Among others present during the function were Sh. Nitin Kumar Yadav, Home Secretary, Sh. Praveer Ranjan, DGP, Chandigarh Police, Sh. Vinay Pratap Singh, Deputy Commissioner, Smt. Anindita Mitra, Municipal Commissioner, Chandigarh, and other senior officials of Chandigarh Administration and Police.
