Flower shower: Homage to police, health workers

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 3

The armed forces today paid homage to health workers, police, sanitation staff and all those involved in the fight against Covid-19.

The homage included flypast by fighter jets, helicopters showering petals, Navy and Coast Guard ships illuminating their decks. It was a part of the nationwide thanksgiving effort by the armed forces to honour Covid warriors.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed the mega exercise which included flypasts over many cities and towns and showering of petals by military choppers on leading hospitals to pay gratitude to the frontline workers engaged in the battle against Covid-19.

The gesture of thanks started with the laying of wreaths at the National Police Memorial in Delhi in the morning to honour police personnel deployed for enforcement of the nationwide lockdown.

The naval warships, including the 47,000 tonnes aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, sailed out in the Arabian sea. Sailors stood on its deck in formation to form the English language words ‘Indian Navy salutes the corona warriors’.