BSF to put tallest 'Tiranga' at Wagah border by January 2017

At 350 ft, the flag post will be visible both from Lahore and Amritsar

The Border Security Force (BSF) is planning to install the tallest national flag near the Attari-Wagah Joint Check Post, famously known as the Wagah border, The Indian Express reported on Friday. 

The flag at 350 feet is part of BSF's expansion plans for the visitors' gallery at the site of the iconic Retreat ceremony.

"The tallest tricolour can be seen both from Lahore as well as Amritsar," Ashok Kumar Yadav, the officiating Inspector General of BSF's Punjab Frontier, was quoted as saying by the newspaper.

"At that height, the flag would have to be proportionately sized, therefore it would also be the largest Tricolour. There is an intense atmosphere of patriotism during the Retreat ceremony, and the crowds are highly charged. The flag will serve as a beacon for them," Yadav told the newspaper.

Senior Public Relations Officer of BSF Deputy Inspector General R S Kataria told the newspaper that the flag’s mast would be installed on a raised platform at the border, taking extreme weather conditions into consideration. 

Currently, Jharkhand holds the record of hoisting tallest flag. On January 23 this year, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar hoisted the largest tricolour - a massive 99X66 feet - on the country's tallest flag post at 293 feet in Ranchi to mark Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's birth anniversary.