In connection with the celebrations of 68th Republic-Day, full dress rehearsals were held at all the district headquarters of the Kashmir valley on Tuesday.At Srinagar, a full dress rehearsal was held at the Bakshi Stadium in which Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan, unfurled the national flag, inspected the parade and took salute at the march past.Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Dr. Farooq Ahmad Lone, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Senior Superintendent of Police, besides senior officers of civil administration and Police Department and other concerned were present on the occasion.The march past was presented by contingents of J&K Police, JK Armed Police, Border Security Force, CRPF, ITBP, SSB, Women Police, State Disaster Response Force, Fire and Emergency Services, NCC cadets and students children.
On the occasion, various colourful cultural programmes were presented by students from different educational institutions in joint collaboration of Department of Information, Education Department, Cultural Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, and the Youth Services and Sports Department.At Pulwama, full dress rehearsal for 68th Republic Day was held at District Police Lines, Pulwama. On the occasion, the Deputy Commissioner, Muneer-ul-Islam after unfurling the National flag took salute at the march past presented by JKP, JKAP, CRPF, Fire & Emergency Services, Home guards, NCC cadets and school children.Various colourful cultural programmes were also presented on the occasion.At Budgam, full dress rehearsal was held at Sports Stadium, Budgam, where Deputy Commissioner, Mir Altaf Ahmad hoisted the national flag and took salute at the march past presented by JKP, JKAP, CRPF, Fire & Emergency Services, Home Guards, NCC and school children.
Cultural programmes including traditional folk songs were also presented on the occasion.Among others, SSP Budgam and officers of district administration and others were also present on the occasion.At Ganderbal, full dress rehearsal for Republic Day celebrations was held at Madr-e-Meharban Stadium, in which Deputy Commissioner, Ganderbal, Tariq Hussain Ganai unfurled the tricolour and took salute at the march past presented by the contingents of JKP, JKAP, CRPF and school children. Cultural programmes were also presented on the occasion.Officers from civil administration, police, army and senior citizens also attended the function.At Baramulla, full dress rehearsal for Republic-day function was held at District Police Lines Baramulla, where Deputy Commissioner, Dr Nassir Ahmad Naqash unfurled the Tricolour. He also inspected the Parade and took salute at the March-past presented by the contingents of JKP, IRP, JKAP, Home Guard, CRPF, NCC and School Children.
SSP, Baramulla, Joint Director Planning, Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Senior Officers from Civil Administration, Police, Army and large number of people were also present on the occasion.The rehearsal regarding Republic day celebrations were also held at Sub-district and Tehsil headquarters of the district, where concerned Sub-District Magistrates and Tehsildars inspected the programmers.At Kupwara, a full dress rehearsal was held at District Police Lines, Kupwara, where Deputy Commissioner, G. M. Dar took salute on the march past.On the occasion, various cultural programmes were also presented by the school children.Additional Deputy Commissioner, SSP and other concerned witnessed the event.Meanwhile similar function was held at Handwara and Tangdar where Tehsildar Handwara and SDM unfurled the tri-colour respectively.At Shopian, Deputy Commissioner, Manzoor Ahmad Qadri unfurled the tricolour during full dress rehearsal event.
He took salute at the march past presented by the contingents of JKP, CRPF, Fire and Emergency Services, Forest Protection Force, NCC and school children. Cultural programmes were also presented on the occasion.Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Senior Superintendent of Police, besides officers from district administration and other departments were also present on the occasion.At Bandipora, a full dress rehearsal function was held at S.K. Sports Stadium., where Deputy Commissioner, Sajad Hussain inspected the parade and took salute on the march past presented by the contingents of JKP, JKAP, IRP, CRPF, NCC and the school children.Among others, SSP ADC, ACR, and Officers from civil administration, police, army, besides senior citizens were present on the Similarly, At Anantnag, Deputy Commissioner, Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah hoisted the national flag and took salute at the parade held at Government Degree College, Khanabal.The contingents of JKP, IRP, CRPF, District Ladies Police, Auxiliary Police, Fire & Emergency Services, NCC cadets and school children participated in the parades.
On the occasion, cultural programmes were also presented by school children.DIG South Kashmir, SSP, ADC, besides officers from Civil administration and Police were also present during rehearsal programme. At Kulgam, full dress rehearsal was held at District Police Lines Kulgam where Deputy Commissioner, Showkat Aijaz Bhat unfurled the national flag and took salute at the parade.Among others present on the occasion were SSP Kulgam, ADC, ACR and other district officers.At Kargil, the full dress rehearsal programmes were held at various parts of the district. The main function was held at Khari Sultan Chu Sports Stadium in which Deputy Commissioner unfurled the tricolour and took salute at march past parade presented by JKP, NCC cadets, civil band party and school children.SSP Kargil, ADC, officers of civil administration and police, besides senior citizens were present on the occasion.