India’s tallest tricolour hoisted at Attari border

TIL Desk/National/Attari Border/ A 360-foot high flag post, said to be the country’s tallest, was inaugurated on Sunday at the Indo-Pak Attari Border, just a stone’s throw from Pakistan. Punjab Minister Anil Joshi inaugurated the country’s largest tricolour on the tallest flag post — measuring 110 metres in length, 24 metres in width and 55 tons in weight.

Built at an approximate cost of Rs 3.5 crore, the post was a project of the Amritsar Improvement Trust Authority of the Punjab government. “With the model code of conduct for the assembly elections being in place in the state, the minister got special permission from the Election Commission for the inauguration, officials said.

The flag post, installed at the border, became an attraction for thousands of tourists who had reached there to watch the Beating Retreat Ceremony during the sunset. Even visitors from Pakistan’s gallery were also seen watching the Indian flag with keen interest. The pole, which is already in place, is said to be visible from a long distance, even from Lahore in Pakistan.