The 75th Independence Day celebration at the Gopal Maidan in Bistupur here on August 15, will be a low-key affair for the second consecutive year due to Covid-19 pandemic.

The event will be streamed live on the Facebook page of East Singhbhum district administration.

The function will start at 9.05 am with the hoisting of the national flag by state health minister Banna Gupta, who is also the legislator from Jamshedpur West assembly constituency.

Apart from hoisting the national tricolour he will also inspect the parade where Indian Reserve Battalion(IRB), Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP) , home guards and NCC cadets will participate.

The function would also witness participation of East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Suraj Kumar, senior SP Tamil M Vanan and other senior district administrative officials.

The first rehearsals for the event took place at the Gopal Maidan on Wednesday. The final rehearsals will take place on Friday.

A Covid testing camp was organised at the venue - Gopal Maidan.

All the 142 cops who took part in the parade during the rehearsals along with other participants had to undergo Covid test. All of them were found negative and thus they were allowed to take part in the rehearsals which continued for over two hours.

One of the highlights of the Independence Day celebration will be felicitation of coronavirus warriors.

The administration banned participation of children and other people at the event.

The function will be organised with limited participants.

It is mandatory for all participants to wear facemasks and follow social distancing norms.

The district administration is also taking necessary measures to maintain law and order.

Patrolling will be enhanced on National Highway-33 and State highways from August 13, Friday along with positioning of cops at all sensitive and strategic places including border check posts.