Patriotism will, quite literally, reach new heights in the Kerala capital city very soon. A mammoth national flag will flutter day and night atop a flagpole installed near the entrance to the Kanakakkunnu Palace.
The stainless steel flagpole would be more than 65 metres-tall — the tallest in the country, spokesman of the Flag Foundation K.V. Singh told presspersons here on Thursday. The national flag atop the pole would be 72 ft long and 48 ft wide. The flagpole would be illuminated with floodlights during the night. The government has given special permission to allow the flag to remain hoisted round the clock, Mr. Singh said. The flag, weighing 27 kg, will be fashioned from knitted polyester.
Kerala would be the eighth place in the country to sport such a flagpole. “This flagpole would be as tall as the third storey of the Qutab Minar. It would weigh 12.5 tonnes. At the base, the diameter would be 4.5 ft and at the top it would be 1.5 ft.,” he said. Though the Foundation had written to the Kerala government six months ago seeking land and the permission to install the flagpole, the permission was granted only four days ago, thanks to the intervention of Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor. Only very few countries, including Malaysia, North Korea, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, are home to such ‘ornamental flagpoles.'
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