A band display as well as retreat ceremony will be conducted every Saturday at the National Police Memorial here to pay homage and respect to the martyrs.
A decision in this regard was taken during a meeting chaired by Mahesh Kumar Singla, Special Secretary (Internal Security), Ministry of Home Affairs and attended by all the stakeholders involved in construction and managing of the memorial at Chanakyapuri area.
The meeting was attended by the representatives of all the Central Armed Police Forces including Delhi Police and others.
"During the meeting, it was decided that every Saturday a band display as well as retreat ceremony will be conducted at the site befitting to pay homage and respect to the martyrs. The task has been assigned month-wise to all the Central Armed Police Forces," a press release issued by the Home Ministry said.
The first-ever ceremony will be conducted by Border Security Force (BSF) on February 11 and then by others on every consecutive Saturday, it said.
The timings for the ceremony will be from 4.45 PM to 6 PM subject to change depending upon timing of sunset.
The other issues related to boundary wall of the memorial, final sculpture to be erected and as well as police museum, which will be constructed at the site, were also discussed during the meeting, the release said.
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