The civic body on Friday took a decision to distribute 50 lakh national flags to residents and institutions in the city, as part of the Centre’s ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ initiative. Earlier, it was decided to hold awareness programmes to encourage people to buy their own tricolour and hoist it in their homes. The BMC has also decided to have a laser show from August 13 to 15 at Marine Drive.

The ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign was launched to encourage people to bring the tricolour home and hoist it to mark the 75th year of independence. The initiative will be implemented across the country from August 11 to August 17. The state government has also issued detailed guidelines on the same.