Kangpokpi district all set to celebrate first R-Day after districthood
Source: The Sangai Express
Kangpokpi, January 25 2017:
Kangpokpi district is all set to celebrate its first Republic Day after attaining district hood with huge march past contingents at Brigadier M Thomas Ground at the district headquarters tomorrow morning, our correspondent reports.
A full dress rehearsal parade was held today at Brigadier M Thomas Ground participated by all the contingents comprising of one contingent each from Police Department, VDF, ASHAs, ICDS and Anganwadi workers and 15 strong contingents from various educational institutions of the district.
Deputy Commissioner T Ranjit Singh will grace the celebration as the chief guest tomorrow.
DLOs, civil body leaders and various cultural troupe will also take part in the event.
The full dress rehearsal today that was organized by District Administration was strictly monitored by SDC (HQ) Kaigoulal Kipgen, Additional SP, Kangpokpi district, Lalboi Haokip and Parade Commander SI Minthang at Brigadier M Thomas Ground till 4 pm in the evening.
Meanwhile, security has been beefed up in an around the district Hqs to prevent any untoward incident.
Earlier, CSOs based at Kangpokpi district had appeal the non SoO UGs operating in the district not to boycott the Republic Day celebration.
They had also urged the masses to ensure peaceful celebration and make the district's first ever Republic Day celebration a historic and memorable one.