Sir,
Every year people in Jammu division celebrate Republic Day with patriotic zeal but what was a speciality this year was not visible in such a magnitude earlier.
This year, each and every crossing on the main roads of the city, people of respective areas assembled to hoist national flag and chant patriotic slogans and songs offering and sharing sweets. Younger people especially the students were seen taking keen interest in the event. Not only on main streets but even in interior colonies, parks etc people celebrated Jan 26 in the morning concluding the event right in time to be in a position to watch live the event from Delhi.
One of the interesting things was that even the morning walkers celebrated the event with zeal, singing of patriotic songs , raising of patriotic slogans and sweetening the taste with sweets and tea etc at Manda forest walking trail. All the morning walkers assembled there at 8 am and the flag was hoisted , the National Anthem was sung and speeches were made in which the importance and the significance of the day were highlighted.
Long live our Republic.
Yours etc…
Shiv Kumar
Udhampur