pune waking up to patriotic songs blaring through loud speakers followed by flag hoisting events at common spaces and group singing of the national anthem will mark the republic day celebrations for most residents of the citys highrisesalso see india republic day 2023 live updatesseveral housing societies business establishments and hobby groups have organised a slew of programmes like awareness walks citizen awards among others to celebrate the 74th republic day on thursdaymadhav awate a senior citizen residing in panchavati area and also the former chairman of the panchavati utkarsh seva samiti said that residents of all societies in the area have decided to conduct a walk in the evening to create awareness about saving the hills to protect the hills and the city we need to say no to the proposed tunnel through the hill during protests by citizens against the tunnel we have seen a fewer turnout from panchavati residents whereas there was a good representation from kothrud and other areas we need to change this and create awareness about why this tunnel is a bad decision there will also be a zumba dance and a talk with an rj said awateannu bir a resident of ganga satellite housing society wanowrie said this year we had a combined celebration for our housing society and republic day on january 25 a twohour cultural programme was held on our premises for which we invited a retired brigadier and an eminent doctor as chief guests over 150 residents from preschoolers to 92yearolds participated in the programmebhupesh sharma a volunteer at anandvan foundation an ngo which works towards creating urban forests in the city said we are organising a watering programme at anandvan 3 located behind the ark on nibm road on republic day about 5060 local residents will participate in watering and deweeding these plants they will also learn about the growth of the plants over the last six monthsameya jagtap a resident of balewadi said that the balewadi welfare federation will announce the winners of citizens award after the flag hoisting event this is the first time such an award is being announced and we are elated to do so on republic day as a residents association we want to recognise people who have done extraordinary work for the society people can send in their nominations till february 10 and the results will be announced on february 12 and the award function held on the 19th of the same month he saidgajanan khaire of the indo athletic society is organising a cycling event from pune to mumbai to highlight the need to curb air pollution we already have over 500 registrations for the event we will start from pune on wednesday night so that we can attend the flag hoisting at the gateway of india he said