COVID-19: Defence aircraft shower petals on Mumbai hospitals
May 3, 2020, 14:04 IST
Mumbai, May 3 ()The Indian armed forces on Sundaythanked those engaged in the fight against COVID-19 byshowering flower petals from their aircraft on varioushospitals in Mumbai and carrying out a fly-past over theMaharashtra Governor's house here.
An aircraft of the Indian Air Force dropped flowerson the state-run J J Hospital, KEM Hospital and the KasturbaGandhi Hospital, which have been treating coronavirus patientshere, a defence official said.
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The India Navy and the Coast Guard also flew theirChetak helicopters to shower flowers on the J J Hospital andnaval medical hospital Asvini in the state capital.
Besides, the Sukhoi-30 fighter planes flew over thecity's iconic Marine Drive and carried out a fly-past over theGovernor's house here, said the official.
The country's armed forces on Sunday engaged in anationwide exercise to express gratitude to lakhs of doctors,paramedics, sanitation staff and other front-line workersinvolved in fighting the coronavirus pandemic. NDGK GK(This story has not been edited by www.businessinsider.in and is auto–generated from a syndicated feed we subscribe to.)