Agra. There are tears in the eyes of thousands of youths standing in the queues somewhere from Bhagwan Talkies intersection to Dayalbagh Marg. Tricolor in hands, Bharat Mata ki Jai on tongue and Vande Mataram slogans. The one kilometer route from Lord Talkies to Dayalbagh is resonating with the slogans of Bharat Mata ki Jai and till the sun remains the moon, the earth will be your name. People from remote rural areas of the district to adjoining districts have reached to pay tribute to Prithvi Singh Chauhan on Saturday.
The mortal remains of the martyr have been given farewell in this vehicle from the Air Force Station.
Union Minister of State SP Singh Baghel, DM PN Singh, SSP Sudhir Kumar Singh along with senior officers of the Air Force have paid tribute to the martyr Prithvi Singh at the Air Force Station Agra. At around 11.30 am, the body is being sent to Prithvi Singh’s residence in Saran Nagar, New Agra, in a vehicle decorated with flowers of Air Force. There is also a crowd of people outside the gate at the Air Force station. People were waiting even at Kheria Mor, when the vehicle passed, slogans of Prithvi Singh Amar Rahe were raised here too.
Here in Newagra, hundreds of people are standing at the house of martyr Wing Commander Prithvi Singh. Hariom Sikarwar, a resident of Iradat Nagar Dudipura, was lying on the bed for ten days due to injury in a road accident. But, their steps themselves moved towards Saran Nagar. Hundreds of youth like Hari Om who had never met Prithvi Singh had not heard his name before the helicopter crash. All of them had reached Saran Nagar to pay homage to the earth. Gita Pal, the daughter of a soldier from Kasganj, had come to New Agra in connection with work. When Prithvi Singh’s death came to know in the accident here, he reached to pay tribute. The crowd was waiting for the body to reach Saran Nagar.
The youth who came to pay tribute said
When Prithvi came to know about his death in a helicopter crash, there was such a fire in his heart that Iradat came here from Nagar to pay tribute.
Ajit Parmar
I have not met Prithvi till today, but after coming to know about his death in the accident, leaving all the work, came to pay tribute to Lal of Agra.
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