Flypast, band displays mark armed forces’ gratitude to Covid warriors

Chandigarh, May 3

Expressing solidarity and gratitude to Covid warriors – doctors, nurses, paramedics, health workers, police and civil officials — the armed forces held fly pasts and pad displays in the tricity.

Two IAF C-130 Super Hercules transport aircraft flew in formation over Sukhna Lake, while IAF helicopters showered petals over the PGI, the Government Medical College and Hospital in Sector 32, Chandigarh, and the Western Command Hospital, Chandimandir.

The recently inducted C-130s flew at a height of about 1,000 feet above the ground. They came in from Srinagar and proceeded to Delhi and thereafter on to several other cities across the country before culminating the flight at the Salur airbase in Tamil Nadu.

The Army organised programmes at the civil hospitals in Panchkula and Mohali to honour the Covid warriors. They were felicitated by the Station Commander with military bands in attendance playing popular tunes.

The Engineer brigade of Zirakpur conducted a 30-minute show of gratitude to the entire medical fraternity at a Covid hospital in Phase VI, Mohali.

Tunes like ‘Kadam Kadam Badhaye Ja’ and ‘Sare Jahan se Achha’ were played by pipes and drums. Gifts were also given to the hospital staff. — TNS