Observation of two minutes silence

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaJanuary 23, 2020

SHILLONG: In memory of those who gave their lives in the struggle for India’s Freedom, a two minutes silence will be observed on the 30th January, 2020 at 11:00 AM throughout the State.

A signal should be sounded at 11 AM on the sounding of which all persons should stand up and traffic on the road should come to a standstill and observe the silence. For these two minutes, all workshops and factories should stop work wherever practicable and All India Radio should stop broadcasting.

The commencement and termination of the two minutes silence would be indicated to the citizens by the sound of army guns and sirens.

Sirens should be sounded from 10:59 AM till 11:00 AM and after the two minutes silence is over, all clear sirens should again be sounded from 11:02 AM till 11:03 AM.