It’s Har Din Tiranga in Odisha’s Berhampur city

By PTI

BERHAMPUR: A gaggle of males on this southern Odisha city are hoisting the nationwide flag day by day for the final 4 years to create consciousness in regards to the patriotic spirit among the many folks.

The group members assemble close to the Jagannath temple in Kamapalli space within the metropolis day by day at about 8 am the place they hoist the nationwide flag and salute it earlier than commencing their each day work, since August 15, 2018.

“Not even a single day passed without hoisting the national tricolour, despite the rains and lockdown period”, mentioned Ram Kumar Patra, who initiated the observe.

Patra, a social activist mentioned they determined to hoist the tricolour day by day to create consciousness in regards to the patriotic spirit among the many folks.

“We invite a new person from the city every day for flag hoisting. If no one is available, anyone from our group, even the priest of the nearby temple, hoist the flag and play the national anthem at 8 am,” he mentioned.

When the nationwide anthem is performed, even the passers-by on the highway pause to pay respect to the tricolour, he mentioned.

“We thanked the youths, particularly Patra, for persevering with to observe the spirit of patriotism among the many folks by hoisting the flag each day,” mentioned Subash Chandra Sahu, a health care provider within the metropolis, who hoisted the flag on Saturday.

Before 2018, that they had solely deliberate to hoist the nationwide flag on Independence and Republic Days every year, mentioned Ashok Nimai, who’s collaborating within the flag internet hosting day by day.

“We really feel very a lot happy with the nation, once we hoist and salute the flag”, added Maheswar Pani, the temple priest, who hoisted the flag a number of instances.

Patra mentioned one of many members of the group was assigned to down the flag earlier than the sundown, as earlier than the modification of the flag code, allowed that the tricolour might be hoisted between dawn and sundown.

He mentioned they used the flag made in khadi and altered it each fortnight or month, when its color pale or turned soiled attributable to mud.

“We have decided to continue it every day in future”, mentioned Bapini Panda, one other member of the group.

BERHAMPUR: A gaggle of males on this southern Odisha city are hoisting the nationwide flag day by day for the final 4 years to create consciousness in regards to the patriotic spirit among the many folks.

The group members assemble close to the Jagannath temple in Kamapalli space within the metropolis day by day at about 8 am the place they hoist the nationwide flag and salute it earlier than commencing their each day work, since August 15, 2018.

“Not even a single day passed without hoisting the national tricolour, despite the rains and lockdown period”, mentioned Ram Kumar Patra, who initiated the observe.

Patra, a social activist mentioned they determined to hoist the tricolour day by day to create consciousness in regards to the patriotic spirit among the many folks.

“We invite a new person from the city every day for flag hoisting. If no one is available, anyone from our group, even the priest of the nearby temple, hoist the flag and play the national anthem at 8 am,” he mentioned.

When the nationwide anthem is performed, even the passers-by on the highway pause to pay respect to the tricolour, he mentioned.

“We thanked the youths, particularly Patra, for persevering with to observe the spirit of patriotism among the many folks by hoisting the flag each day,” mentioned Subash Chandra Sahu, a health care provider within the metropolis, who hoisted the flag on Saturday.

Before 2018, that they had solely deliberate to hoist the nationwide flag on Independence and Republic Days every year, mentioned Ashok Nimai, who’s collaborating within the flag internet hosting day by day.

“We really feel very a lot happy with the nation, once we hoist and salute the flag”, added Maheswar Pani, the temple priest, who hoisted the flag a number of instances.

Patra mentioned one of many members of the group was assigned to down the flag earlier than the sundown, as earlier than the modification of the flag code, allowed that the tricolour might be hoisted between dawn and sundown.

He mentioned they used the flag made in khadi and altered it each fortnight or month, when its color pale or turned soiled attributable to mud.

“We have decided to continue it every day in future”, mentioned Bapini Panda, one other member of the group.