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As A city remembered its martyrs and others relived memories of a close shave with terror exactly two years ago,hundreds attended various memorial services and peace marches,lit candles and donated blood in various parts of Mumbai as a tribute to those who lost their lives in the 26/11 terror attacks.
While Union Home Minister P Chidambaram,Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan,Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil and other dignitaries paid tribute at the martyrs’ memorial at Police Gymkhana in South Mumbai by laying wreaths,Jews assembled at the Nariman House building in Colaba for a sombre memorial service and prayers. At Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus,railway employees organised a blood donation drive as well as a prayer service.
The police department also conducted a parade at 8 am from Hotel Trident,which was one of the places targeted by the terrorists. The parade concluded at Appasaheb Garware Chowk on Marine Drive and was attended by Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and other cabinet ministers. Participating in the parade were special police contingents like the Force One and the Quick Response Teams,as well as advanced anti-terror combat vehicles.
At another event,Director General of Police D Sivanandhan took the opportunity to address the audience about how the scale of planning and execution of the 26/11 terror attack was nothing short of a war,adding that the lessons the police department learned in the aftermath of the tragedy were immense. We now have a well trained and fully equipped Force One to deal with such situations in the future. But the principal element is to always be prepared to tackle such a crisis, he said.
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