In November, when Army contingent and bands started arriving in the capital, a total of 260 tested positive for Covid, out of about 3,000 who had landed.
R-Day parade to end at National Stadium due to COVID-19: Maj Gen Alok Kacker ANI | Updated: Jan 23, 2021 17:32 IST
New Delhi [India ], January 23 (ANI): Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Republic DayParade this year will end at the National Stadium instead of going up to the Red Fort where it usually concludes.
According to Major General Alok Kacker, the contingent strength too has been reduced from 144 to 96 in wake of the pandemic. Due to COVID-19, we have made a few changes. This year, the Republic-Day parade will end at the National Stadium and not at the Red Fort. Each contingent strength has been reduced from 144 to 96, he told ANI.
India s first woman combat fighter pilot, Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth, is part of the IAF tableau that rolled down the Rajpath on full -day rehearsal on Saturday.
NEW DELHI: This year’s Republic Day parade will be unique as it will witness several firsts and several first-time misses. From the participation of troops deployed in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India’s first woman fighter pilot, a tableau of newly formed UT of Ladakh to the flypast by the country’s newly acquired multirole Rafale fighters over Rajpath, visitors will be enthralled to see many things for the first time.
However, the country’s 72nd R-Day parade will have no chief guest after more than five decades, no participation of military veterans and even no stunts by motorcycle daredevils. “Due to Covid restrictions, even the route of the parade has been curtailed till National Stadium (C-Hexagon of India Gate) unlike previous years when it was till Red Fort. Also, the size of marching contingents
Two contingents of the Bangladesh military comprising 122 members from three services and military band march on Rajpath during the full-day rehearsal on Saturday.
NEW DELHI: When the 122 personnel of the Bangladesh armed forces will be marching on Rajpath alongside their Indian counterparts on January 26, they will not only feel proud to be participating in India’s Republic Day parade for the first time but will also be “expressing gratitude and respects to all those Indian military personnel who sacrificed their lives for the liberation of our country”.
Talking to TOI after the full-day parade rehearsal on Saturday, Bangladesh Army Colonel Mohtashim Hyder Chowdhury, who is heading the contingent, said, “It’s a great honour for us to become part of India’s 72nd Republic Day parade. Most of the parade personnel are from those Bangladesh units that were raised during the 1971 Liberation War. In fact, we are very fortunate to be part of the parade of “our friend” Ind
R-Day parade: What s new, what s curtailed due to COVID-19 on January 26 ANI | Updated: Jan 24, 2021 04:58 IST
New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI): With just three days to go for Republic Day, India is all set to display its military might during the annual parade. However, the Republic Day parade of this year will be very different from previous years as it is for the first time that it will be held amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Here are the misses/curtailments due to COVID-19 and new additions in the Republic Day parade 2021.
Curtailments
1. This year, only 25,000 spectators will witness the Republic Day parade. Last year, 150,000 spectators were allowed. The number of media persons, too, has been cut from 300 to 200.