Lieutenant General CP Mohanty, General Officer Commanding-In-Chief, Southern Command, visited Sudarshan Chakra Corps in Bhopal and subordinate formations at Saugar, Jhansi and Gwalior from February 26 to 27, 2020.
The Army Commander began his visit by paying homage to the gallant soldiers of the Strike Corps who made the supreme sacrifice for the nation by laying a wreath in a solemn ceremony at the Sudarshan Chakra War Memorial.
The Southern Army Commander thereafter took stock of the operational readiness of the formations and was briefed on various operational and administrative matters by Lieutenant General Yogendra Dimri, General Officer Commanding, Sudarshan Chakra Corps. The Army Commander was apprised of various issues of synergy and jointness besides application of newly inducted Force Multipliers in a network enabled environment that were validated during the recently conducted Exercise Sindhu Sudarshan, which witnessed more than 40,000 troops and 450 Armoured vehicles executing large scale manoeuvres in the open Deserts of Rajasthan.
The Army Commander appreciated high level of operational preparedness and application of newly inducted weapon systems like K9 Vajra and indigenously designed Advanced Light Helicopter Rudra in future battlefield milieu.
During the visit the General emphasised on operational preparedness with realistic training to achieve a high level of military professionalism in the command theatre. Army Commander highlighted the constantly changing dynamics modern warfare and emphasised that our forces should be prepared at all deal with all contemporary security challenges arising in the recent times.