A meeting of Veteran Soldiers’ Association was held here recently being chaired by Veteran Maheswar Behera and moderated by Veteran Umesh Kumar Chaini. The meeting attended by delegates from different discussed, among other things, the dire problems faced by the veterans and their family members, especially family of martyrs.
The veterans expressed strong resentment over the non-availability of staffs in the District Soldier Board and lack of Government priorities for them.
A State-level organisation ‘All Odisha Veteran Soldiers’ Association’ governing body was also formed to look after the problems of veterans and follow up at the Government level.
The veterans took a pledge to instill patriotism among citizens through different social awareness programmes.