Director General of National Cadet Corps (NCC) Lt Gen Rajeev Chopra visited the Jaganath Temple and paid obeisance to the deities here on Thursday. Accompanied by NCC and temple officials, Chopra also moved round the shrine premises and had darshan of gods and goddesses in the side temples. Earlier on the day, he went to Raghurajpur heritage village near Chandanpur and viewed fine arts and crafts prepared by villagers.
Chopra also visited the NCC battalion located at Talabania in the city. He spent a few minutes there by interacting with officials and taking stock of the ongoing projects.
However, he could not a Media interaction programme scheduled at 1 pm as he reached Puri battalion late by one and a half hour. The battalion sent invitation to the reporters through DIPRO. But due to delay of his arrival, the Press meet was cancelled.