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Making efforts to increase state’s contribution towards army: CM

From page 1 CHANDIGARH: Haryana chief minister (CM) Manohar Lal Khattar. on Thursday, said that his government is making efforts to increase the state’s contribution towards the armed forces from the present 9% to over 10%.

HT■ General officer Commanding­in­Chief, Western Command, Lt Gen Surinder Singh felicitating Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar during the civil­military liaison conference in Chandigarh on Thursday.

“The Khanda village panchayat in Sonepat district had recently offered 50 acre to the army for setting up of an Armed Forces’ Preparatory Institute in the state,” Khattar said.

The Haryana CM was speaking at the civil-military liaison conference here, in which General Officer Commanding-inChief (GOC-in-C), Western Command, Lt Gen Surinder Singh, chief of staff Western Command, PM Bali and other senior officers were present.

Talking about the conference, he said that this was the fourth such annual conference being organised during the regime of their government. “This event provides a common platform to discuss and resolve issues between the army and civil administration,” he said. During the conference, it was decided that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) will be signed between the Western Command and the state government for making provisions of civil medical facilities for armed forces in case of war or duties.

ARMY COLLEGE TO BE SET UP

Khattar added that a general degree college of army would be set up at Bataur village in Panchkula district for which, the state government will provide 10 acre to the Western Command for free. Lt General Surinder Singh said that a certain percentage of seats in this college will be reserved for the wards of civilians.

It was further added that the army had approved a proposal for setting up of the army college in Jind district in memory of Major Sanjeev Lather, who hailed from Jind district and had attained martyrdom in November, 2016 in a chopper crash in West Bengal’s Sukhna.