Amidst colourful celebrations of Van Mahotsav Day, Indian Army launched a massive tree plantation drive to green the arid land of Lalgarh Military Station. Participating in the event, General Officer Commanding, Gandiv Division, Maj Gen PK Singh said that the project would also facilitate improving the deteriorating soil conditions of the station. The GOC stated that 50,000 saplings have been planted in the station during the drive.

The GOC thanked the local forest department for arranging saplings. He also thanked Jakhar and Sethla fruit farms for providing mechanical pit diggers with tractors and Abohor Pesticide Association for presenting fertilizers and pesticides worth Rs 25,000. Interacting with the local public, the GOC stressed the need of civil and military relationship in war and peace time.

It was really heartening to see large scale participation of families and children making for the absence of troops on duties in the field.

An Army medical and veterinary camp was organised by a battalion of Dogra Regiment at village Dawar of Gurez Sector in Jammu and Kashmir. Brig Gurmeet Kanwal, Brigade Commander, inaugurated the camp amidst large gathering of civilian dignitaries and officials posted in Gurez Valley. More than 250 patients from the nearby villages of Kanzalwon, Chorwan, Acchura, Markut, Dawar, Wampora, Khandial, Badwan and Tile were benefitted from this camp.

Army specialists and medical officers of Sub Divisional Hospital, Gurez provided the services to the patients. Veterinarians from a mobile veterinary hospital established a clinic wherein about one hundred animals were treated and free medicines were given.