The 20th Kargil Vijay Diwas was celebrated in the premises of DAV Public School, Pokhariput here on Friday with guard of honour to the martyrs by the cadets of NCC, Scouts and Guides.
Senior supervisor Sitikantha Pati and ANO NCC Army Wing (JD) PS Rao led a two-minute silence in reverence to the immortal souls. On the occasion, students took the pledge to work towards safety and security of the motherland.
NCC cadet Dipanwita Mishra spoke on the significance of the day and cadet Sudhruti Pradhan sang a patriotic song for inculcation of the patriotic feelings by our students.
Among others, supervisors Ranjan Swain, Smaranika Pattnaik, P Anuradha, Sanghamitra Satpathy, ANOs Biswas Mohan Mohanty, Smreety Nayak, Sasmita Rout and Scout and Guide and Red Cross teachers Nina Tripathy, Manoj kumar Nahak, Sanjay Kumar Sahoo were present.