Governor Ram Naresh Yadav chaired the 14th annual meeting of management committee of Amalgamated Special Fund held by Ex-servicemen’s Welfare Directorate at Raj Bhawan here on Monday.
At the meeting, Governor Yadav felicitated 2 divisions and 24 districts for collecting above-target donations on Armed Forces Flag Day-2011. Seoni stood first in the State with 254 percent collection. Collector Bharat Yadav received the prize. It is noteworthy that total Rs 1.88 crore was collected between December 7, 2011 and December 6, 2012.
Yadav felicitated Jabalpur and Narmadapuram divisions for highest collection against the target. The awarded districts include Seoni, Katni, Betul, Mandla, Chhindwara, Neemuch, Harda, Hoshangabad, Dindori, Guna, Khandwa, Barwani, Tikamgarh, Jabalpur, Balaghat, Satna, Ratlam, Narsinghpur, Raisen, Sehore, Vidisha, Mandsaur, Dhar and Indore.
The Governor said that objective of increasing public participation in fund collection of Flag Day is also to assure Army personnel deployed at borders that citizens and administration of the country stand by them and are indebted to their contribution to the country under various conditions.
The Governor also thanked all commissioners, collectors, District Ex-Servicemen Welfare Officers and students for this contribution. Yadav said that pace of this movement needs to be accelerated with renewed fervour and enthusiasm.
Participation of great number of youths in the movement should be ensured. This will instill spirit of patriotism among them and enable them to understand sacrifices made by army personnel.
At the meeting, proposals were endorsed regarding repair of Shaheed Hall at Gwalior and transit lodging facility in it, provision of DTH facility in army rest houses, decorate army rest houses in Khandwa and Ujjain, providing lPG facility to 14 army rest houses and construction of boundary, borewell and approach road Ujjain army rest house.
Additional Chief Secretary IS Dani, Principal Secretary to Governor Vinod Semwal, Secretary Finance Manish Rastogi and officers of Ex-servicemen Welfare Directorate and Army were present at the meeting.