An appropriate war memorial would soon be built up at the selected site at Chirbagh in the Army cantt, said Rajya Sabha MP, Tarun Vijay while interacting with Ex-Service Men (ESM) here on Monday. The BJP MP attended a meeting with the ESM at the office of Uttarakhand Ex Services league (UESl) located at Subhash Road and interacted with the armed forces veterans. He informed the ESMs that he has pledged an amount of `2 Crore for war memorial and assured that work on it would soon start. The BJP MP said that he is planning to start Sainik Samman rallies in all parts of the state to give due honour to those who served the nation.
Vijay said that he had very high regard for ESM community of Uttarakhand and whenever he visited the office of UESl he was pained and concerned to see the state of the UESl office. He offered to help the UESl for upgrading the office equipment. The MP then gave on the spot approval for procurement of computers, lap tap, inverter, lED and one shed from his Member of Parliament local Area Development (MPlAD) fund. He also gave an ambulance to the organisation to serve the ESM. The President of UESl Brigadier RS Rawat (Rtd) appreciated the concern of the Rajya Sabha MP for the ESM. The meeting was attended by lt General O P Kaushik, lt General M S Gosain and Major General lalji D Singh.