Karwar: The Uttara Kannada district I-Day celebration ran into glitches with the rope tied to the tricolour not functioning one time. As a result, Deputy Commissioner Dr Harish Kumar K ordered for pulling down the flag and then unfurling it, at Parade Grounds in the district on August 15.
The district has been witnessing heavy rains over the last few weeks and the rains lashed even on Thursday morning, Though all the arrangements were made to hoist the flag, the flag and the rope tied to it for hoisting had got drenched, making it impossible to hoist the flag. Though the strings were pulled, the flag did not open at all. Ultimately the flag was brought down and then hoisted.
MLA Roopali Naik, SP Vinayaka Patil among others were present.