Under an extensive outreach drive, the Dograi Brigade of the Indian Army organised a Women Empowerment Conclave at the Military Station Khasa on Sunday. A Tribune photograph

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, June 12

Under an extensive outreach drive, the Dograi Brigade of Indian Army organised a Women Empowerment Conclave at Military Station Khasa near here today.In the run up to the conclave, special teams contacted all war widows of Amritsar and Tarn Taran districts to proactively resolve their grievances, especially those related to pension, healthcare, land, legal cases and other entitlements to them with minimum delay. During this drive, approximately 861 widows were contacted.Anupveer Cheema, zonal president, AWWA, Vajra Corps, interacted with the widows and enquired about their problems. On this occasion, more than 350 widows were felicitated by the Army Wives Welfare Association by presenting them with utility items. The chief guest awarded three education scholarships to girl children of the widows.During the event, a number of stalls from various welfare functionaries and organisations of the Army and civil establishments were set up at the venue to provide solutions under one roof. The representatives of Zila Sainik Welfare Office, Records Office and Veteran Sahayata Kendra held meetings and interviews and addressed the grievances of widows. Non-Governmental Organisations and public sector banks organised special workshops to acquaint the widows of all possible welfare avenues available to them. Job letters to 12 dependents of veterans as packaging supervisors and foremen in industries were also presented on the occasion.Medical and Ex-servicemen Health Contributory Scheme (ECHS) camp with all specialist facilities including medical, surgical, gynecologists, dental, eye and ENT, Lab and dispensary were established. The Army also distributed booklets to the widows containing pension entitlements, welfare schemes and important contact numbers of officials to follow up their concerns in future.The event was inaugurated by Lieutenant General JS Cheema, General Officer Commanding, Vajra Corps while Major General Nav K Khanduri, General Officer Commanding, Panther Division, was also present on the occasion.