ludhiana residents in the city have decided to show their solidarity with the armed forces and against the terrorists by putting up national flags taking a lead the traders organizations of the old city and chaura bazar started their campaign of putting up the national flag outside their shops in the markets social activist and president of the electrical goods market jasmeet singh makkar informed that they have started the campaign from the books market starting from wednesday our main purpose is to show unity strength and solidarity not only with the armed forces but also with the government and every braveheart involved in the service of the nation this is also a special salute to all those sons of the soil who sacrificed their lives for the country he said sanjeev chaudhary president of arora market association informed that this was not a oneday activity as they would carry forward this campaign to other markets and areas of the city we had seen these flags as display pictures dps on facebook and whatsapp though we changed these on the social networking sites we wanted to carry a bigger message and feeling for our brothers who sacrificed their lives for the motherland and the safety of every person living in the country they had only one family and this was their country and now their families should be our responsibility we want to start more activities in the coming days and we will be surely doing that said chaudhry wazeer singh jassal who runs an ngo and was part of the group informed that this was the least they could do for the martyrs who had sacrificed their lives to keep their countrymen safe we would be going to other markets in the city as we are already in talks with the associations of these markets to carry forward the campaign and exhort them to put up flags outside their shops and houses we are taking the flags and we will be putting them up on our house roofs as well said jassal manpreet singh bunty president of akalgarh market association informed that he had ordered more flags to be distributed to more and more people for putting up on houses offices and shops this is a symbol of our strength and unity we are a strong country united in tackling any situation faced by the country with all vigour families of the martyrs are our families and we will keep doing whatever we can for them we will invite more ideas from residents on how we can help the families of martyrs in the pathankot operation in a way they understand that the entire nation is standing united with them and it is wrong to say that the country does not bother for its bravehearts and people who lay down their lives for the country said bunty sarabjit singh shanty president of the electronics market near mata rani chowk close to the municipal corporation zone a office said they