From showering rose petals over hospitals treating Covid-19 patients to illuminating naval vessels, the armed forces through various military gestures will salute the coronavirus warriors on Sunday.
The nation will witness flypasts by fighter and transport aircrafts of the Indian Air Force (IAF) at multiple locations on Sunday as announced earlier by Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat Rawat.
These aircrafts will cover major towns starting from Srinagar to Thiruvanathapuram and Dibrugarh to Kutch. The helicopters from the IAF and Indian Navy will fly over hospitals treating coronavirus patients and shower petals as a tribute to the coronavirus warriors.
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The IAF is scheduled to shower flower petals over two hospitals in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar between 9-10 am.
Flower petals will also be dropped in Itanagar, Guwahati, Shillong and Kolkata, around 10.30 am. The Air Force band will be playing in Guwahati as well for paying tribute to the corona warriors.
In Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow, the flower-petal showering will take place at KGMU and SGPGI Trauma Center between 10.15-10.30 am. Fighter aircraft will flypast over Vidhan Sabha in Lucknow around 12.20 pm.
In the national capital, the fighter and transport aircrafts will fly between 10 am-11 am. This flying activity is combined with the training activity of the IAF and opportunity flight for transport aircraft and helicopters who are involved in moving supplies related to Covid-19 task.
The aerial salute to the corona warriors’ is scheduled in Delhi between 10-10.30 am. Fighter aircraft formations, comprising of the Sukhoi-30 MKI, MiG-29 and Jaguar will be flying over Rajpath, and will orbit over Delhi and will be visible to the residents of Delhi from their roof tops.
In addition, C-130 transport aircraft will follow a similar profile as fighters covering the entire Delhi and NCR region. The aircraft will be flying at an approximate height of 500 meters to 1,000 meters keeping aerospace safety in mind especially in respect of bird activity.
Here’s the complete schedule of petal dropping by helicopters:
Additionally, helicopters are schedulled to drop flower petals over the Police War Memorial at 9 am, followed by Delhi hospitals involved in providing relief to patients of Covid-19 between 10-10.30 am.
The list of hospitals includes: AllMS, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, GTB Hospital, Loknayak Hospital, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Safdarjang Hospital, Sri Ganga Ram Hospital, Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, Max Saket, Rohini Hospital, Apollo Indraprastha Hospital and Army Hospital Research and Referal.
The aerial salute from the armed forces will be flown as low as 500 meters so that everyone is able to witness the same from their home. Military bands all over the country will visit various civil hospitals treating Covid-19 patients to express their gratitude by playing patriotic tunes.
In the evening, Naval ships on the coasts of Mumbai, Porbandar, Karwar, Vizag, Chennai, Kochi and Port Blair will light up and flare fires in solidarity with the corona warriors.
Indian Naval aviation assets would shower petals by helicopters on hospitals treating Covid-19 patients in Mumbai, Goa, Kochi and Vizag between 10 am-10.30 am.
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