MUMBAI: The Indian armed forces on Sunday thanked those engaged in the fight against COVID-19 by showering flower petals from their aircraft on various hospitals in
Mumbai and carrying out a fly-past over the
Maharashtra Governor's house here. An aircraft of the
Indian Air Force dropped flowers on the state-run
J J Hospital, KEM Hospital and the
Kasturba Gandhi Hospital, which have been treating
coronavirus patients here, a defence official said.
The India Navy and the
Coast Guard also flew their Chetak helicopters to shower flowers on the J J Hospital and naval medical hospital Asvini in the state capital.
Besides, the Sukhoi-30 fighter planes flew over the city's iconic Marine Drive and carried out a fly-past over the Governor's house here, said the official.
The country's armed forces on Sunday engaged in a nationwide exercise to express gratitude to lakhs of doctors, paramedics, sanitation staff and other front-line workers involved in fighting the coronavirus pandemic.