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In a landmark strategical and patriotic initiative, the Indian National Flag was unfurled crossed 16 uninhabited and distant islands successful the Ramanathapuram territory to people the nation’s 77th Republic Day.
The operation, conducted nether the nonstop mandate of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, transformed the Gulf of Mannar’s isolated outcrops into symbols of nationalist unity.
The inaugural followed a high-level bid from the Ministry of Home Affairs to observe Republic Day not conscionable successful mainland cities, but crossed each inch of Indian territory, including uninhabited maritime zones.
Under the guidance of the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Coastal Security Group, a monolithic multi-agency coordination was launched to scope these geographically challenging locations.
The flag-hoisting ngo saw a uncommon convergence of India’s maritime and administrative power. Teams comprised of: The Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard providing tactical transport and security; The Coastal Security Group and Forest Department managing section navigation and biology protocols; Fisheries Department officials and NCC Cadets representing the aboriginal of coastal communities.
The tricolour was successfully unfurled astatine Arichal Munai—the extremity of Dhanushkodi—and crossed 14 uninhabited islands, including the strategically positioned Nallathanni, Appa, Thalaiyari, and Muyal (Hare) islands.
The centre portion of the maritime solemnisation took spot astatine Kurusadai and Shingle islands. The ceremonial was presided implicit by Colonel Sanjeev Kumar Singh, representing the Border Management-II part of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
Accompanying him was P. Balakrishnan, Additional Superintendent of Police for the Ramanathapuram Coastal Security Group. Their beingness underscored the government’s absorption connected “Integrated Border Management,” ensuring a changeless and disposable authorities beingness successful delicate coastal corridors, said a authoritative property statement.
While accepted celebrations took spot successful the municipality centres of Madurai and Ramanathapuram, this island-hopping ngo served a deeper purpose: asserting India’s territorial integrity and maritime surveillance.
By involving National Cadet Corps (NCC) students and section sportfishing communities, the medication successfully bridged the spread betwixt distant geography and nationalist identity.
