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Mumbai’s R-Day parade preparations in full swing
Updated On Jan 22, 2017 01:18 am IST
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The Naval Unit rehearses at Shivaji Park on Saturday for the Republic Day Parade. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT PHOTO)
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Mumbai police personnel in formation at Shivaji Park. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT PHOTO)
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Mumbai police unit during a rehearsal at Shivaji Park. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT PHOTO)
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The Maharashtra state cabinet had on January 3 decided to move the city’s Republic Day parade back from Marine Drive to its traditional venue of Shivaji Park. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT PHOTO)
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In 2014, Congress-NCP government shifted the parade to Marine Drive and held a grand celebration that saw more than four lakh citizens participating. In the two following years, the BMC denied permission to hold parade as the arterial road was under renovation. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT PHOTO)
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Members of Sea Cadet Corps during the rehearsal at Shivaji Park. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT PHOTO)
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The cabinet’s decision to shift the parade again came after the Mumbai police’s security report came back negative. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT PHOTO)
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“The police said it was difficult to maintain law and order during the celebration at Marine Drive. Secondly, the stretch is open from one side and has residential buildings on the other. There has always been the risk of a sea-bound terror attack and hence the police opposed the event. The police also stated difficulties controlling traffic during the event and rehearsals,” said an official from the protocol department. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT PHOTO)
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