The Clock Tower is seen illuminated in tricolour at Lal Chowk in Srinagar ahead of Independence Day.
The national flag will be hoisted at 23,000 schools and hundreds of government buildings across Jammu and Kashmir on Independence Day tomorrow. The hoisting of the national flag has been made mandatory for all government institutions.
Medical facilities in the Union Territory have also been asked hoist the national flag.
While educational institutions have been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they are working for the last 10 days to prepare for Independence Day celebrations.
The government has issued a circular on flag code - a set of laws and guidelines governing the display of the national flag - for hosting it in all schools.
"Independence Day will be celebrated in all schools. Directions should be conveyed to all the CEOs, Principals/headmasters to host national flag at all schools. Videos and photos of the function will be uploaded on google drive," a government order said.
The ceiling on gatherings due to Covid has also relaxed for Independence Day celebrations.
The massive flag-hoisting functions are being seen as an attempt to show normalcy in the valley since the special status to Jammu and Kashmir was scrapped in August 2019.
During heydays of separatism, security forces had made it mandatory for passenger vehicles in north Kashmir to carry national flag on August 15. But the practice was given up after questions were raised over forced nationalism.
For the past one year, the Army has been installing flags across the valley.
The centre had removed special status provided to the state under Article 370 of the Constitution and divided it into two Union Territories.