74th Independence Day was celebrated in Maharashtra keeping all the social distancing rules in mind. Needless to add that the celebrations were low-key but they were tastefully done.
The state's official function was held at the Council Hall in Pune where Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari hoisted the National Tricolour in the presence of top dignitaries and officials including Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who is Guardian Minister of Pune.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, on the other hand, hoisted the national flag at his official residence 'Varsha' and later at Mantralaya and the Bombay High Court in the presence of a large number of dignitaries.
At the flag hoisting ceremony that was held at the Mantralaya Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said the country is now fighting another war for freedom from the corona pandemic. While addressing the gathering Thackeray said, "The Covid-19 has limited our boundaries of personal freedom, but we have to conquer it unitedly with weapons like self-discipline, cleanliness, hygiene and wearing masks. Only then can we achieve independence from the Coronavirus".
He also took this opportunity to appreciate the efforts of the corona warriors that are helping us fight this battle 24X7. Thanking all the doctors, nurses, police, conservancy staff, he said that our warriors were "working all out, without fear, amid the pandemic at great risk to themselves". He also paid respects to the soldiers that laid their lives fighting the battle for independence and helped us get independence from the Britishers and the jawans that are working nonstop to guard our borders.
He also was all praises for the citizens for celebrating all the festivals keeping in mind the coronavirus outbreak and thus maintaining social distancing and other precautions.
In his address on Independence Day, Thackeray mentioned how with the help of the government's and the strategies that have been deployed to combat the pandemic, now 66,000 industries/factories have now been reponed and 1.6 million people have been able to get back to their jobs. On Sunday, he mentioned how there's significant progress made in combating coronavirus pandemic but there is a long road ahead and the government is in no rush to open everything,
Coming back to the speech that Uddhav Thackeray delivered on Saturday, he mentioned that even during the lockdown, the state government also successfully attracted foreign investments worth more than Rs 16,000 crore for various projects and is finalising deals for another Rs 8,000 crore. By securing these funding as per Thackeray the state is now firmly on the path to recovery and speedy development.
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