I-Day celebrations: Booklet, teaser on tallest Tricolour at Attari released
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, August 6
To mark the upcoming 76th Independence Day celebrations, a teaser and booklet on the tallest National Flag installed at Attari was today launched by BSF Deputy Commandant Devender Pal Singh at the Attari border. The teaser, made by independent filmmaker Harpreet Sandhu, highlights the 418 feet flagpole with India’s Tricolour standing on a four-feet pedestal, considered a significant landmark for tourists, who visit the Attari-Wagah border.
The National Flag, weighing about 200 kg, 130 feet in length and 80 feet in width, was installed last year with Union minister Nitin Gadkari hoisting it for the first time in a grand ceremony. This monument is 18 feet taller than Pakistan’s flagpole, Parcham-e-Sitarah-o-Hilal, visible across the border. Interestingly, this flagpole was the result of a ‘flag war’ between India and Pakistan at Attari-Wagah as in 2017, a Tricolour, 360 feet in height, was installed at the check-post after which Pakistan installed its flagpole, 400 feet in height on the Wagah side the same year to mark its independence day. In 2023, this flagpole, 418 feet tall, was installed by India.
Harpeet Sandhu, who has captured the flag in all its glory through camera lens, has compiled its significance and story in the form of a teaser. “It is an attempt to highlight the nation’s tallest flagpole for tourists, who visit the Attari border daily in thousands. The teaser and pictorial brochure will be a source of great enthusiasm and pride for the citizens of Amritsar as well as Punjab as people across the country will witness its glory through the teaser. It will be available for tourists visiting Attari border to witness the beating retreat ceremony,” he said.
Devendrapal Singh, BSF Deputy Commandant, JCP Attari, called it a positive initiative towards promoting the monument, dedicated to the 76th Independence Day, which will further generate enthusiasm among the citizens to have a preview of this colossal structure at JCP Attari.
