Our Correspondent

Palampur, July 31

The DAH Division of the Army organised a defence pension adalat at its station headquarters in Palampur on Tuesday. The event was held in continuation with its effort to reach out to veterans and resolve their problems pertaining to pension and their welfare issues.The meet was also aimed at addressing issue pertaining to the ESM (ex-servicemen) and acquaint them with various schemes and programmes for enhancing quality of life of the veterans. The meet was another step towards helping the veterans and Veer Naris register themselves for the preparation of the ECHS smart cards.Brig Charandeep Singh, Station Commander, apprised the ex-servicemen that the application cum-registration facilitation centre, had been made operational at the ECHS Cell, Palampur, and the ECHS Polyclinic, Mandi.He also encouraged the veterans, Veer Naris and widows to get themselves registered on the Indian Army veteran’s portal. During the meet, the veterans were also apprised that 2018 would be celebrated as the year of disabled soldiers. The veterans were intimated to forward the details of disable soldiers and Veer Naris residing in their native areas to the Veterans Sahayta Kendra, Palampur. The meet was attended by a large number of ex-servicemen and Veer Naris, who came from different parts of Kangra and Mandi District.A talk on welfare schemes was also given by Brig SK Verma (Retd), Director, Sainik Welfare, Government of HP, Hamirpur. During the event, the DPDO, Palampur, resolved most of the grievances pertaining to the pension of veterans on the spot.