Indo-Pak battle of tallest flag at Wagah Border to start once again

India to hoist 418 feet tricolour at the Joint Check Post

LAHORE:

The battle for hoisting the tallest national flag on the Wagah-Attari border between India and Pakistan is likely to start once again.

India, taking the initiative, will hoist its tallest tricolour in front of its stadium at the Joint Check Post (JCP) in Wagah, for which a 418-foot tall tower has been installed.

According to sources, New Delhi will also install modern cameras on the 418 feet high tricolour pole, which will be able to monitor the area for several kilometers on all four sides.

Earlier, India hoisted a 360 feet tall tricolour in March 2017, in response to which Pakistan hoisted a 400 feet tall flag on its 70th Independence Day on August 14, 2017.

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With a 120-foot length and 80-foot width, it is the tallest flag in South Asia and the eighth tallest in the world. It was hoisted by then army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

Now that the National Highway Authority of India is going to hoist the tricolour 418-foot high, Pakistan is expected to take steps to raise its flag higher than that of its arch-rival.

Both countries have spent millions of rupees in the race to hoist their flag higher than the others and both flags can be seen from several kilometers away.

According to The Independent, in 2017, Pakistan had raised concerns over India's tallest-ever flag being an instrument for "espionage".

The flag, seen in Lahore, was erected at the Attari border and is 110 metres high, which had prompted Islamabad to accuse New Dehli of violating international treaties.

Pakistan had lodged a complaint to the Border Security Force and had raised suspicions that hidden cameras may have been installed on the flag pole for spying purposes.