New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday participated in a Har Ghar Tiranga Yatra in Dehradun and appealed to residents to hoist the national flag at their homes on Independence Day.

The event was organised at Gandhi Park, from where Dhami joined thousands of participants in a procession towards the Clock Tower. Before joining the march, the chief minister paid floral tributes to former Uttarakhand movement leader Indramani Badoni and Bharat Ratna Dr BR Ambedkar at their statues near the Clock Tower.

The event combined a public campaign around the national flag with remarks from the chief minister on the state's economic performance, infrastructure, employment and policy measures.

Addressing partic...