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Tricolour flutters atop charred Mantralaya again
Sunday June 24, 2012 10:07:00 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: Three days
after a fire ravaged large parts of Mantralaya, the Indian
national flag was hoisted atop the building here Sunday morning.
The flag was ceremoniously hoisted by a team of seven Power and
Works Department employees whose job is to hoist and lower it
daily as per the flag protocol.
"Today, it was hoisted at 6.05 a.m. and will now be lowered at
sunset," the official said.
The flag, measuring 21x14 feet, weighs around 60 kg, said Flag
Foundation of India chief V.K. Singh.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Deputy Chief
Minister Ajit Pawar plan to start working from Mantralaya from
Monday.
The team which hoisted the flag Sunday was the same which had
protected and saved the tricolour when Mantralaya caught fire June
21.
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A major fire broke out Thursday afternoon in room 411 on the
fourth floor and quickly spread, engulfing the three top floors of
the six storied iconic Mantralaya building in the heart of South
Mumbai.
(Photo: Rahul More) |
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