As a mark of gratitude towards Covid-19 warriors, the Indian Air Force (IAF) will conduct two flypasts–one flypast from Srinagar to Trivandrum and another one starting from Dibrugarh in Assam to Kutch in Gujarat–on May 3. The IAF aircraft will also shower flower petals in some places.
On the same day, the Indian Navy will have its warships deployed in formations in coastal areas. “The Navy on its part will have its warships deployed in formations in coastal areas in the evening on May 3. Navy warships would also be lit up and their choppers would be used for showering petals on the hospital,” Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said on Friday.
These activities on May 3 would be conducted in honour of COVID-19 warriors including doctors, sanitation workers, media and policemen, who continue to serve the country amid COVID-19 crisis, said Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat on Friday.
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“On behalf of armed forces, we want to thank all COVID-19 warriors. Doctors, nurses, sanitation workers, police, home guards, delivery boys and media, which have been reaching out with the message of government on how to carry on with lives in difficult times,” Rawat said while addressing the media along with the three service chiefs.
Rawat further said that Army will conduct band displays along some of the COVID-19 hospitals in almost every district of the country. The armed forces will also a lay wreathe at the police memorial on May 3 in support of our police forces.
Complimenting the police personnel for doing their job “very well”, the CDS said that the policemen were “capable of undertaking actions in red zones as well” and that “no need has been felt for military deployment so far”.