News Wave India: India, on Thursday, registered its 100 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses. To everyone’s glory, India reached its milestone. To celebrate this, the iconic monuments pan India have been lit up in the tricolour.

#WATCH | Delhi: Red Fort illuminated as part of Archaeological Survey of India's initiative to illuminate 100 monuments in Tricolour across the country as India achieves landmark milestone of administrating 100 crore COVID vaccination pic.twitter.com/KCJD0Y5tSR

— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2021

The Archaeological Survey of India or the ASI has decided to light up its heritage monuments in the tricolour. The Ministry of Culture in its statement said, “Archaeological Survey of India of Ministry of Culture is illuminating 100 monuments in Tricolour across the country as India achieved landmark milestone of administrating 100 crore Covid vaccinations in one of the world’s largest and fastest vaccination drive.”

#WATCH | Delhi: Qutub Minar illuminated as part of Archaeological Survey of India's initiative to illuminate 100 monuments in Tricolour across the country as India achieves landmark milestone of administrating 100 crore COVID vaccination pic.twitter.com/mU8AEzNjWs

— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2021

It is a beautiful sight to see different monuments such as Qutub Minar and Red Fort in Delhi lit up. Apart from them, Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi, Char Minar in Hyderabad and Tripura’s Bhubaneshwari Temple also has been lit in the national flag’s colour. Pictures and videos of them are being shared on social media.
The lights were lit up on Thursday evening and people gathered around these monuments to take a look at these mesmerising sights.
According to the ASI officials, the monuments were lit up to pay tribute to all the health professionals, frontline workers, scientists, vaccine manufacturers and the citizens of the country during this pandemic. Other UNESCO World Heritage sites are also being lit up as a tribute.

Old Currency Building (pics1-2) & Metcalfe Hall (pics3-4) in Kolkata light up in colours of Tricolour

As part of Archaeological Survey of India's initiative, 100 monuments across India being illuminated in colours of National flag following milestone of 100 cr COVID vaccination pic.twitter.com/Te23NWasna

— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2021

According to the government on Thursday, around 30 percent of the adult population are fully vaccinated and three-quarters of adults out of 1.3 billion population completed one shot.

#WATCH | Hyderabad: Char Minar illuminated in Tricolour as part of Archaeological Survey of India's initiative to illuminate 100 monuments in the colours of National flag across the country as India achieves landmark milestone of administering 100 crore COVID vaccination pic.twitter.com/RZ3FDTrdZ9

— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2021