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| Army flags off educational tour | | | Early Times Report
Rajouri, Feb 20: Ace of Spades Division , under the command of Maj Gen Saranjeet Singh, GOC organised educational -com-motivational tour for 23 students from for flung areas of Rajouri and Poonch frontier districts.
The tour was flagged off on Thursday by Maj Gen Saranjeet Singh from Army's Advance Landing Ground (ALG) at Rajouri and also addressed the students , parents and civil dignitaries. Army spokesman said that the tour will culminat on February 26 at the HQs of White Knight Corps at Jammu.
GOC said that the tour will provide an excellent opportunity to the under privileged and poor children of remote border areas to visit the National Capital and the city of 'The Taj Mahal'. Army sources said that the children shall visit many schools and educational institutes, Science & cultural museums, historical sites and meet many Civil and Military dignitaries at New Delhi & Agra during this period. Many students were the firdt timer to even visit Jammu and wee sounded very enthusiastic on their first train experience in the `Rajdhani Express' and visit to the India Gate and Taj Mahal about which they have learnt in the books only. "This initiative is yet another step undertaken by the army towards highlighting the importance of peace and development in the state to these young minds who shall immensely benefit from such experiences" said a senior army officer. |
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