Srinagar, May 16

As part of centenary celebrations of the Srinagar-based Chinar Corps, three cycling expeditions were simultaneously flagged off today from Baramulla, Leh and Nagrota.The Chinar leg of the cycling expedition was flagged off from the War Memorial at Baramulla by the General Officer Commanding, Dagger Division, Major General JS Nain, in the presence of large number of school students and prominent citizens of Baramulla, a defence spokesman said.While flagging off the cycle expedition by the Himalayan Brigade, the GOC highlighted the significance of the event and immense contributions of Chinar Corps in the development and security of the region and urged the youth to serve the nation to the best of their ability, said the defence official.All three teams will be flagged in on May 25 at the headquarters of Chinar corps in Badami Bagh Cantonment, Srinagar.The spokesman said the cycling expeditions would be traversing through a difficult terrain and cover the historical routes of Zojila, Mughal Road and the Uri-Kupwara axis where famous battles have been fought by the Army safeguarding J&K.“The cycling expeditions, along each route, shall cover a distance of 450 km traversing through the Ladakh, Kashmir and Jammu regions of the state,” he said. — TNS