The General Officer Commanding (GoC) in Chief of Central Command, Lieutenant General Yogendra Dimri started his two-day Dehradun visit on Thursday. He visited the headquarters of Uttarakhand Sub Area and was briefed on the operational and administrative preparedness by GoC Uttarakhand Sub area, Major General Sanjeev Khatri.

In the visit Lt Gen Dimri was informed about the measures put in place for Covid-19 management, procurement of essential medical supplies and the support given to the civil administration during the pandemic. Lt Gen Dimiri also took a windshield tour of Dehradun Cantonment and visited the Military Hospital (MH) of Dehradun. Later in the day he also met Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat at his residence. In the meeting he took up various issues pertaining to the Army and ex-servicemen with the CM.  The duo also discussed availability of telecommunication facilities and development of roads in the border areas.

The GOC-in-C also stressed on the need for focusing on strengthening local intelligence in border areas, road widening to Joshimath-Auli and construction and improvement of the road from Badkot-Purola-Mori and Minas-Aral-Tyuni to Himachal Pradesh.

The CM said that the state government is laying special focus on development of border areas. Stress is being laid on road connectivity and developing telecommunication facilities in such areas. He informed about the assurances he had recently received from Union ministers regarding development of communication facilities in the forward areas of Lipulekh, Gunji, Niti and Malari along with the improvement of road connectivity to border areas. The CM’s chief advisor Shatrughna Singh and senior army officers were also present on the occasion.

This was the GOC-in-C’s first visit after taking over the command as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Central Command on April 1 this year.