SERVICES UNDER ONE ROOF Earlier, facility was being run from SAS Nagar Industrial Area; now it is part of other services being provided at centre

Everyone will benefit from the facilities like the ECHS, and defence services welfare and training for the wards of ex-servicemen.

SAS NAGAR: Gurmit Kaur, widow of Lance Havildar Joginder Singh — a Vir Chakra awardee of 1947-48 Indo-Pak War — inaugurated a unit-run canteen (URC) at Sector 64, Sainik Sadan, SAS Nagar, on Thursday. Earlier, it was running on rent from Phase 7, Industrial Area of SAS Nagar.

HT PHOTOGurmit Kaur, widow of Lance Havildar Joginder Singh, a Vir Chakra awardee, inaugurating a unit-run canteen at Sector 64, Sainik Sadan, SAS Nagar, on Thursday.

Havildar Joginder Singh killed 7 Pakistan intruders during patrolling on the Baramulla Srinagar road on November 1, 1947, as part of operations undertaken by the army to repel external aggression in the Srinagar valley.

Lt Gen KJ Singh, Army Commander, Western Command, and Anita Singh, regional president , the Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA), Maj Gen IS Ghuman, Chief of Staff, Western Command, functionaries of public administration, and Rajya Sainik Board, senior army officers, and veterans were also present.

The facility, which is an addition to all other centres, was a long-pending demand of veterans living in the vicinity.

In future, other services like training for wards in management and information technology, and Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) will also be introduced at the centre.

“The facility is in sync with four corner stone of welfare enunciated by the Army Commander, ‘Sahuliyat, Sambandh, Sehat and Samman’ (facility, relationship, health and respect),” stated the Western Command.