With the objective of reaching out to the ex-servicemen (ESM) and to address their grievances a ‘Gaurav Senani Rally’ was organized by the Indian Army here at the state capital, Dehradun. It all happened in the presence of Army chief Gen Bikram Singh at Garhi Cantt on Saturday morning.
The rally witnessed a crowd of around 5,000 ex-servicemen (ESM) and war widows, officials of government, Rajya Sainik Board members, pension disbursement authorities, defence placement cell personnel and soldier records personnel.
However, the soldier record personnel presented detailed inputs on the new schemes for the betterment of the soldiers during the programme.
In the programme number of modified active scooters were also presented to the physically challenged ESM apart form the felicitation of 100 Veer Naris and ex-servicemen.
Addressing the ex-servicemen, General Bikram Singh expressed his appreciation to the ex-servicemen for their continued contribution towards the better society and nation at large. He also made special mention of the braving effort made by the army officers and the ex-servicemen during the recent disaster of the Uttarakhand.
Meanwhile, Bubbles Singh, President of Central Family Welfare Organization met and expressed his gratitude to the veer naari’s (war widows) on the occasion.