Country’s 3rd highest Tricolour hoisted atop Gandhi Mandap, Guwahati

Assam Polity and Governance

Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today formally hoisted India’s tallest National Flag (from the average city elevation) at Gandhi Mandap.
The flag is a part of the ‘Refurbishment of Gandhi Mandap’ project under Guwahati Smart City Limited and funded by the State Department of Industries and Commerce.
With a view to creating a place of pride and honour to the supreme sacrifices made by the citizens led by Mahatma Gandhi during the freedom movement, the project of installation of the National Flag was conceived by the Chief Minister, who asked the Department of Industries and Commerce to carry the project forward.
Guwahati Smart City Limited was entrusted with the task of preparing the project document and supervising the implementation of the project. Accordingly, a concept-design to install a 319.5-foot-high monumental flag pole in Gandhi Mandap was presented and was approved by the government.
The construction work of pole and podium for the flag was carried out by Bajaj Electricals Limited. The project was started in April, 2018. The total project cost is Rs 2.92 crore, which includes operations and maintenance for a period of one year.
The 319.5-foot flag pole is the tallest in the country with respect to the average elevation of the city. Considering only the height of the pole, it is ranked third highest in the country after Attari border, which is 360 feet in height, and Pimpri Chinchwad Bhakti Shakti Chawk in Pune that has a height of 351 feet.