Mysuru: The continuous drizzle this morning did not deter the enthusiasm of the 29 platoons, including both armed and unarmed divisions, which took part in the second and final rehearsals for the Independence Day (I-Day) celebrations to be held at the Torchlight Parade Grounds in Bannimantap on Wednesday (Aug.15).
At the rehearsals that began at 8 am today, platoons of Mounted Police, KSRP, CAR, DAR, City Civil Police, Railway Protection Force (RPF), City Traffic Police, KPA Probationers, Home Guards (Men and Women), Women Police, Excise Department, Fire Services, Forest (Men and Women), NCC Army (Boys and Girls), NCC Navy, NCC Airforce, students from Jawahar Navodaya School (Girls and Boys), Police Public School, Vidyavardhaka School, Deepa School, Scouts, Bharat Seva Dal (Boys and Girls), along with Police Band, marched under the showers with great zeal to get themselves readied for the D-Day. Special children of Karunamayi Foundation too took part in the march-past rehearsal.
