The National Cadet Corps recently conducted a Motorcycle Expedition which was flagged off from Bangalore. The team travelled through Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Meghalaya to reach Itanagar in the picturesque Arunachal Pradesh. The team included an officer and eight NCC cadets. This novel initiative was undertaken by NCC Directorate Karnataka and Goa.
The expedition on its return route arrived in Delhi on April 3, 2015 and was felicitated at the NCC Headquarters on April 6. The cadets covered more than 11,000 kilometers during their expedition. lt Gen A Chakravarty, VSM, DGNCC while felicitating the cadets, expressed his pleasure to the cadets who took up such adventurous opportunities provided by the NCC to the youth.
The director general complimented the expedition team for spreading the message of social awareness through the expedition and promoting a sense of nationalism in India, motivating the youth to join the Armed Forces and for spreading environmental awareness, including swatch bharat abhiyan.