Karwar: INS Vikramaditya ship to be illuminated to honour COVID-19 warriors

Karwar: A similar activity was undertaken at the Command Hospital here as a mark of appreciation of those from the facility involved in testing of samples for COVID-19, Defence officials said.

The INS Vikramaditya ship, which is at Anchorage off Karwar coast, will be illuminated at 7.30 PM as a mark of appreciation of those from the facility involved in testing of samples for COVID-19.

There will be a flypast by transport aircraftat C 130 J Hercules at 3.46 over Vidhana Soudha, the seat of state legislature and secretariat here, they added.

Meanwhile, the Defence Public Relations Office here tweeted that bands from Madras Engineer Group (MEG), Parachute

Regiment Training Centre (PRTC), Army Service Corps bands performed on Saturday thanking the corona warriors.

“Indian Army thanking all the #CoronaWarriorsIndia for their efforts in mitigating #Covid_19india crisis. Bands from #MEG, #PRTC, and #ASC performed at Vidhan Soudha, National War memorial and MG Metro stn respectively yest,” it said.