Published 04:34 IST, January 28th 2020
Republic Day: NDRF and Jal Shakti Ministry win best tableaux award
The awards will be handed out by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday. The winners were announced on Monday
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National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and 'Jal Jeevan Mission' from Ministry of Jal Shakti tableaux have been declared as best tableaux during 71st Republic Day pare.
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Best tableaux announced
Officials from Ministry of Defence (MoD) said that Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister, will be handing out awards on Tuesday.
government's 'Jal Jeevan' mission was depicted in tableux. Jal Jeevan – Har Ghar Jal is a scheme initiated by government in 2019 with aim to provide tap water to every rural household by 2024. beautifully crafted tableau depicted a large, bronze running water tap which was filling dozens of metal water containers placed in a spherical formation and coloured in Tricolour. Mascots wore costumes of 'smiling' water droplets and escorted tableau while skating.
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re were a total of 22 tableaux, 16 were of various states and UTs and six of ministries, departments, etc. Ministries included Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Tre with a 'Startups in India, Reach for Sky' me.
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Or Ministries were - Department of Financial Services that depicted various achievements me in area of financial inclusion, NDRF Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Shipping, and CPWD Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
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90-minute-long Republic Day pare ceremony began after Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid respects at National War Memorial near India Gate, and President arrived with chief guest. Indian National Flag was unfurled with a booming 21-gun salute followed by National Anm. pare was commanded by Pare Commander Lieutenant General Asit Mistry, while Chief of Staff Major General Alok Kacker was pare Second-in-Command.
(Image credits: twitter.com/jaljeevan_)
04:34 IST, January 28th 2020