The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday said that it has distributed 41 lakh tricolours in the city so far as part of the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign. Of the tricolours it distributed, the civic body had purchased 40 lakh itself and the Tata group donated another one lakh, the BMC said in a release. The tricolours were distributed through 24 ward offices and other departments of the civic body. It also got 4.5 lakh national flags replaced from suppliers, the release said.

It will be doing "projection mapping" on its iconic headquarters in South Mumbai for the next three days besides creating illumination in tricolours on other important buildings. As many as 28 residential buildings in Marine drive area, 100 trees, 60 electric poles and 19 statues will also be lit up with tricolours.