Union Minister Nitin Gadkari unfurls India's tallest 418-feet high national flag at Attari-Wagah border
Nitin Gadkari said that a surveillance system has been fitted atop the national flag which will help BSF troops keep track of the activities near the border.
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Amritsar, Oct 20: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari in the presence of Punjab Chief Minister, Bhagwant Mann, inaugurated the tallest Indian flag —flying at a height of 418 feet — on the Indo-Pak border at Attari, Amritsar.
Gadkari was in Amritsar on Thursday to inspect the work of national highways.
Gadkari said, "It is the golden day of my life. I have come to the Attari-Wagah border for the first time. NHAI has installed the tallest national flag here. This is a place that inspires you to be patriotic. I have done a lot of things in life - tunnels, bridges but this is the most amazing. I am delighted. I thank the jawans who are guarding our borders."
The Union Minister said that a surveillance system has been fitted atop the flag which will help BSF troops keep track of the activities near the border.
#WATCH | Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurates the highest national flag - 418 ft tall - at the Attari-Wagah border in Amritsar, Punjab.
— ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2023
CM Bhagwant Mann also present with him. pic.twitter.com/XT4OVpq1ST
Apart from this, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was also present on the occasion.
Earlier last month, the Poonch Brigade of the Indian Army on September 21 unfurled a 72-feet-high national flag at Ajote War Memorial in Poonch to honour the fallen heroes of the district. Indian Army in collaboration with Flag Foundation of India installed the national flag.