COVID-19: Armed Forces Showcase Solidarity With India’s Coronavirus Warriors

BHARAT: The Indian Armed Forces today showcased a unique way of extending solidarity with the country’s COVID Warriors. Army, Navy and the Air Force together displayed a series of activities marking nation’s respect towards the endeavour of health professionals, security officials, sanitation workers, essential supply chain workers and media professionals.

#IAF helicopter shower flower petals on the #PoliceWarMemorial as a mark of aerial salute to the #CoronaFighters & express gratitude to the police personnel on duty amid pandemic. #ArmedForcesSaluteCoronaWarriors #SwasthaBharat #MoDAgainstCorona #StayHomeIndia #IndiaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/5aUvszzEnk

— ADG (M&C) DPR (@SpokespersonMoD) May 3, 2020

#ArmedForcesSaluteCoronaWarriors…#IAF helicopter showering petals at King George Medical College #KGMC #Lucknow to salute #CoronaWarriors.@SpokespersonMoD @IAF_MCC
Video: Ashutosh pic.twitter.com/KL7uAQSYs5

— PRO Defence Lucknow (@ProDefLko) May 3, 2020

Commending this unique gesture Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Armed Forces has always been of immense support during tough times and their display of solidarity with the frontline COVID Warriors is equally remarkable.

PM Modi said that the country has waged a strong fight against the global pandemic and it has been possible all because of the courageous frontline warriors. Home Minister Amit Shah extended his compliments to the Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and to the three service chiefs for their decision to organize a spectacular display of solidarity.

All three service Chiefs today laid a wreath at the Police Memorial in New Delhi to honour the efforts of security personnel for their exceptional and heroic efforts.

The Armed Forces have made elaborate arrangements to mark this day with a memorable gesture of solidarity. The C-130 carrier of the Indian Air Force flying at a very low altitude will cover the entire length of the country from Kashmir to Kanyakumari overlooking Dal Lake in Srinagar, Rajpath in Delhi, Bada Talab in Bhopal, Marine Drive in Mumbai, Vidhan Sabha in Bengaluru, Vivekanand Rock in Kanyakumari including many other places of significance.

The Air Force Helicopters will shower flower petals starting at nine in the morning from Police Memorial in Delhi.

At 10:30 AM, low-flying helicopters which were easily visible from rooftops, showered petals while flying over hospitals in various cities including AIIMS, Safdarjung, GTB, RML in Delhi.

Across the country from Itanagar to Gandhinagar including cities like Mumbai, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Varanasi, Patna, Lucknow, a similar feat can be witnessed between 10 to 11 in the morning.

Roaring in the skies and marking a salute to the COVID warriors the fighter planes Sukhoi-30 , MiG-29 and Jaguar will flypast over the National Capital at 10:15 AM.

#WATCH IAF’s Su-30 aircraft flypast in Mumbai to express gratitude towards medical professionals and all frontline workers in fighting COVID19 pic.twitter.com/aQcX1ypKbs

— ANI (@ANI) May 3, 2020

Similar spectacles were witnessed in the skies of Mumbai, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Patna, Lucknow, Trivandrum, Hyderabad, Port Blair, Chennai, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar ranging from 10.30 A.M. till 12.30 noon.

Army Bands visited many hospitals treating Corona patients throughout the day and play tunes to honour the Corona Warriors. In Delhi, bands will visit AIIMS, the Cantt Board hospital and Narela quarantine facility at 10 am and Base Hospital at Delhi Cantt at 10.30 A.M.

 

Hospitals in Mumbai , Kochi, Vizag and Goa will also witness showering of petals from Navy helicopters from 10 in the morning. The efforts of the COVID-19 Warriors will also be appreciated by Indian Coast Guard by illuminating the ships at 25 locations including Mumbai, Kochi, Chennai and Vizag covering the entire coastline of the country which can be witnessed from 7:30 in the evening till midnight.

from League of India