Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai directed officials to make the ‘Har Ghar Thiranga’ campaign organised to mark the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav a success by aiming at hoisting the national flag on more than one crore homes in the State.
Addressing a video conference of Deputy Commissioners and ZP CEOs on Monday to review the arrangements made for the campaign, the Chief Minister said the distribution of flags was already underway.
He instructed officials to hoist the flags on August 13 itself atop houses to create a festive mood to commemorate the platinum jubilee of the country’s Independence. As per the guidelines of the Union government, flags should be hoisted on government offices on three days from August 13 to 15, every morning and must be lowered in the evenings. At homes, flags could be hoisted on August 13 and can be kept till August 15.
