The Army commander of central command, lieutenant General Balwant Singh Negi visited the army formations at Roorkee and Raiwala on Wednesday. The General Officer Commanding in Chief (GOC in C) also inspected the Surya Combat Sapper formation at Purkaji. In his interaction with the officers and Jawans, lt General Negi emphasized the need of have an operational preparedness of highest quality.
He appreciated the enthusiasm and hard work put in by the Sappers. The army commander reviewed the collective training in which all the combat sapper specialist units enhance their skills while ensuring desired engineering support. lt Gen Negi inspected bridge building activities on the occasion. He witnessed the complete range of multi-faceted training of mechanical mine breaching using trawl tanks, mechanical dry launch and wet bridging capable of sustained tank traffic and associated activities.
At Roorkee, lt. Gen. Negi visited Bengal Engineer Group and Centre where he was briefed on training activities, welfare measures for veterans and coordination and liaison carried out by the Centre with the civil authorities for Internal Security duties including flood relief and response to antinational elements. In Raiwala Military Station, lt. Gen. Negi visited the Army Formation and was briefed on all aspects of operational readiness, training and welfare. He appreciated the cleanliness drive undertaken as part of ‘Swachh Bharat Campaign’, Yoga training for Army personnel in conjunction with Dev Sanskriti University and the efforts put in by the formation towards welfare of the veterans and Veer Naris in the region. lt. Gen Negi also carried out an aerial reconnaissance of the areas of Western Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand as he overflew the training areas.