Gurgaon, July 11- The Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today hoisted the highest national flag of National Capital Region ( NCR) in Gurgaon. The tricolor has been installed by Flag Foundation of India at Leisure Valley Park of Gurgaon on a 101 feet high pole.
While answering to the questions of the media persons on the occasion, Mr Hooda said that everybody was equal under the national flag and no one was higher or lower. Every Indian see the national flag in high esteem and when it is hoisted, the national anthem is sung. At that time, every citizen of the country stand in attention posture as a respect to the national flag. He said that when one sees the Indian flag hoisting, one is filled with feeling of patriotism. The three colors of the tricolor are symbolic of prosperity, peace and power. Our martyrs have made supreme sacrifices to keep the national flag flying high, Mr Hooda said.
The highest national flag of NCR has been got installed in Gurgaon by the Flag Foundation of India( FFI) of which the Member of Parliament from Kurukshetra Naveen Jindal is the founder president. This national flag would keep on hoisting through out day and night. The 101 ft pole weighs 1.5 ton and its circumference at the base is 430 cm while at the top it is 110 cm. It has cost Rs 4.5 lakh and the flag measuring 20 by 30 feet is made up of Danear Fabric material which is water proof. This flag is larger in size than the flags put up at Rastrapati Bhawan, Parliament street and even the Red Fort. Two focusing lights of 400 watt each had been installed at the base of the flag so that the people can see the hoisting national flag even during the night. Mr Jindal said that efforts were going on to fly national flag at a height of 73 meter in Delhi before the onset of Common Wealth Games. The Delhi Government is yet to decide the appropriate place and it would be almost equal to the height of Qutub Minar which is 74.5 meter high. He said that the FFI would install national flags on 100 feet poles in every district of Haryana and the idea was to enable the people to see the tricolor in high esteem and feel proud. When the national flag is hoisted on top of the building, people see it as part of that building, Mr Jindal observed and said that the FFI wanted to install such high national flags in every state also. One such flag at 206 feet height has been installed at Angul in Orissa and the Kerala government has also given approval but before that a national flag would be hoisted at Kanyakumari which happens to be southernmost tip of India, Mr Jindal added.
The FFI has earlier got 6 such high national flags installed at various places। Five of the flags at Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Ladwa, Sonepat and Hisar were of 206 feet height while another pole at Musical Park Kurukshetra is of 100 feet height. The flag at Gurgaon is seventh. Cdr. K V Singh said that prior to December 2009, hoisting of national flag during night was prohibited and it could be hoisted only during the day time. The Flag Code of India was amended on 22nd December 2009, giving right to fly the national flag even during the night time. The CM was accompanied by Minister of state for agriculture Sukhbir Kataria, Media advisor to the CM Shiv Bhatia along with other www.hastshilpisamachar.com
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