The Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat administrated oath to 184 recruits of Garhwal Rifiles joining the Indian Army at a function held in the Shatabdi Dwar parade ground of Garhwal Regimental centre in lansdowne on Wednesday. Prior to this the Chief Minister paid his respects to courageous soldiers at the Shahid Stambh of Garhwal Rifiles. He also took the salute of the parade on the occasion.
Addressing the 69th batch of recruits at their oath taking function, the chief minister congratulated the recruits for opting to join army, adding that they had made a good decision by joining the army. He asked the recruits to contribute to maintain the courage and skill of the Garhwal Rifles with unity, integrity, full devotion to honesty and discipline. Rawat also remembered his late father soilder Pratap Singh, who was in Garhwal Rifiles second battalion and had also served during the second world war. The Chief Minister awarded medals to recruits including gold medalist rifileman Ravindra Singh, bronze medalist Umesh lodhi and special medal receipents Jeet Singh and Jai Prakash Saklani.
Rawat said that Rs two crore provision will be made in the budget session for Sainik boys and girls hostel in Dehradun apart from which budgetary allocation will also be made for the Bhairavgadhi pumping potable water scheme in the session. The CM also said that the state government will lay emphasis on developing projects for agriculture as undertaken in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.
He also acknowledged that the government medical colleges in Almora and Srinagar were suffering from shortage of faculty.
The vice chief of army staff lieutenant General Sarath Chand and centre commandant Brigadier Indrajeet Chatterjee eleborated on the works and the history of the Garhwal Rifles on the occasion.
In another programme organised at the Gandhi Park in lansdowne by the local MlA Dalip Singh Rawat to feliciate the Chief Minister, Trivendra Singh Rawat reiterated that corruption will not be tolerated and efforts will be made to redress the problems of the common masses. He also spoke about the work taken up and tasks being executed by the State Government.