India-Bangladesh border ceremony to begin Oct 2
Kolkata: Petrapole, a sleepy border town in West Bengal, will soon witness a dazzling retreat ceremony conducted by border troopers of India and Bangladesh.Slated to begin Oct 2 on Gandhi Jayanti, the ceremony has been
The BSF said the ceremony was a result of mutual deliberations during a director general-level coordination conference held in Dhaka in 2011.
It is a part of confidence-building measures aimed at evolving better and cordial relations between the people of both countries.
The flag-lowering routine will be carried out before sunset. A contingent of 20 personnel each from both forces will march up to the gate at zero line and open the gate.
Songs of Nazrul Islam and melodious tunes of Rabindra Sangeet will reverberate through the evening air for half-an-hour.
Women personnel from both the forces will also take part in the 30-minute ceremony comprising 18 minutes of cultural programme and 12 minutes of drill.
The cultural programme will initially be arranged on national holidays of both the countries and at mutually agreed upon frequency either once a month or once in a fortnight. School children from both the countries are expected to participate in these programmes.