Golaghat district administration prepares for Independence Day celebration

A Correspondent

GOLAGHAT: Golaghat district administration will celebrate the 74th Independence Day with a limited programme due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This year the cultural programmes of students and parade by the students of various schools and colleges during Independence Day celebration have been excluded by the administration to prevent spread of COVID-19. The programme will start with airing of patriotic songs through public announcement system in the morning which will be followed by prabhat pheri at 5.30 am. At 8.30 am, tribute will be paid to Mahatma Gandhi, Swahid Kushal Konwar and Sankar Baruah. At 9 am, the national flag will be officially hoisted at Golaghat Samnnay Khetra by the special guest and police and home guards will perform their parade.

After the hoisting of the flag, fruits will be distributed among the patients and clothes to newborn babies of Golaghat Kushal Konwar Civil Hospital. Fruits will also be distributed among the prisoners of Golaghat district Jail and the old-age home at Bengenakhowa.

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