Ahead of I-Day, Women SHGs helping VMC prepare 2.5L flags
Regarding the initiative, municipal commissioner Akshat Verma said project officer of district urban development authority, Nidhi Vajpayee, was assigned task of mobilising women self-help groups for crafting tricolours. The work is in progress, and as many as 2,50,000 tricolours are being prepared.
He added that they would be distributed among citizens to display at their homes as part of the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign.
Verma has set distribution targets for all zonal officers.
The self-help groups had already crafted 50,000 flags by Saturday. Distribution targets have been set for zonal officers: 40,000 for Adampur, 45,000 for Bhelupur, 45,000 for Dashashwamedh, 25,000 for Kotwali, 45,000 for Varunapar, 20,000 for Sarnath, 15,000 for Rishi Mandavi and 15,000 for Ramnagar.
Besides, Zonal officers will ensure the flags are distributed door-to-door through their staff.
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