Another 12 months, one other Republic Day parade within the shadow of the Covid pandemic. Like final 12 months, the nation’s in any other case grand Republic Day (January 26) celebrations at Rajpath in New Delhi will probably be curtailed amid a pointy surge in Covid-19 throughout states and union territories.
In 2021, round 25,000 folks have been allowed to attend the Republic Day parade in individual and the length of the occasion was shortened resulting from stricter COVID-19 protocols. Like final 12 months, no overseas dignitaries will attend the occasion because the chief visitor subsequent Wednesday, a long-standing custom now breaking for 2 years in a row.
Here’s every little thing you have to know concerning the 2022 Republic Day Parade:
How many individuals are attending individually?
The authorities has determined to considerably cut back the variety of folks bodily current within the parade. As of final week, the Defense Ministry was making ready to accommodate about 24,000 folks. Senior officers mentioned on Tuesday that the variety of company is prone to drop from 5,000 to eight,000 this 12 months.
Children under 15 years of age is not going to be allowed to take part within the parade.
The parade will observe strict COVID protocols – carrying of masks will probably be necessary, thermal screening will probably be finished and attendees must present their double immunization certificates earlier than coming into. If the temperature of any attendee is delicate, then entry will probably be refused, as solely asymptomatic individuals will probably be allowed to enter.
Apart from this, there will probably be COVID cubicles within the entry areas and if any symptomatic individual comes, he/she will probably be saved in isolation.
This 12 months’s Republic Day parade will start at 10:30 am, half an hour later than traditional. The Defense Ministry has taken this choice in view of the opportunity of fog in Delhi on the day of the parade.
Will he be the chief visitor this 12 months?
Unlike final 12 months, the Republic Day Parade is not going to have any overseas dignitaries because the chief visitor. Earlier, India had invited leaders of 5 Central Asian countries- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan as chief company for the occasion.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had invited the leaders through the third assembly of the India-Central Asia Dialogue final 12 months.
But after a latest surge in circumstances, impressed by the Omicron model of Covid-19, India determined to not host the leaders.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pulled out of the occasion final 12 months after Britain was hit by a second wave of the pandemic.
Which states and union territories will show their tableau within the parade?
This 12 months 12 states and union territories and 9 ministries and departments have been chosen to show their tableaux within the parade. These embrace Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
But this 12 months’s choice course of has been mired in controversy after the Center rejected the tableaux of West Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. While leaders of the three states condemned the boycott and sought PM Modi’s intervention, the federal government insisted that the choice was truthful.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
